The Two-Funeral Structure
The novel begins with Arthur Vale's funeral and concludes with a second funeral whose deceased remains unidentified.
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Book Information
A psychological mystery thriller by Bruce Goldwell.
Author: Bruce Goldwell
Genre: Psychological Thriller / Mystery / Suspense
Central Hook: Six people reunite after Arthur Vale's death. Before the story ends, one of them dies—but the reader is not told which one.
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Media Hook
A dead man's will forces them to confront twenty years of secrets.
Before the end, someone dies.
Short Description
The Meridian Six is a psychological mystery thriller about six people reunited by the death of Arthur Vale, a wealthy man whose conditional will forces them to confront a secret buried for twenty years.
As Arthur's final instructions reveal old grievances and hidden connections, the group begins questioning what truly happened two decades earlier—and how much Arthur knew. Before the story ends, one of the six will die. The novel closes at a second funeral, but the identity of the person inside the coffin remains hidden.
Full Book Description
Arthur Vale is dead.
His funeral reunites six people whose lives have remained connected by something none of them has spoken openly about in twenty years.
Richard. Claire. Daniel. Rebecca. Michael. Thomas.
Once, they shared a moment that changed all of their lives. Arthur helped bury the consequences. The six agreed never to talk about what happened.
Now Arthur's thirty-million-dollar estate comes with conditions.
His instructions are released in stages. Questions must be answered. Secrets are exposed. Old loyalties fracture. Memories no longer match.
And the six begin to realize that Arthur may not simply have protected them twenty years ago.
He may have shaped what each of them believed.
Then someone dies.
The novel ends with another funeral.
Five people remain.
But the reader is not told who is inside the coffin.
Interview & Review Topics
The novel begins with Arthur Vale's funeral and concludes with a second funeral whose deceased remains unidentified.
The story explores how memory, guilt, fear, and time can cause multiple people to remember the same incident differently.
Although Arthur is dead when the story begins, his will and carefully staged revelations make him one of the most influential characters.
All six characters are designed to matter emotionally and structurally so the eventual death carries real consequences.
The story asks whether a death must have one killer—or whether several small decisions can combine into one fatal result.
Book One ends by asking who died. The larger mystery that follows is who caused the death and what Arthur knew beforehand.
Promotional Lines
Six people. One dead man's will. Twenty years of secrets. Before the end, someone dies.
The story begins with a funeral. It ends with another. The mystery is who is inside the second coffin.
Arthur Vale is dead. That does not mean he has stopped controlling the Meridian Six.
Six people remember the same night differently. Someone has finally started comparing their stories.
Everyone has a secret. Everyone has a motive. Everyone could be the victim.
Five people stand at the final funeral. The reader has one question: who is missing?
Author Bio
Author, songwriter, veteran, and independent creator.
Bruce Goldwell writes across fiction and nonfiction, exploring subjects that range from mystery and suspense to personal growth, future trends, technology, and social change.
A Vietnam veteran, Goldwell's life has included military service, entrepreneurship, programming, drafting, construction, songwriting, publishing, and creative production.
His broad range of experience has shaped an equally broad writing career, built around curiosity about people, choices, reinvention, and the forces that change lives.
The Meridian Six brings that curiosity into psychological suspense, where six people carry different pieces of the same buried truth.
Independent author and publisher
The Meridian Six
Psychological Mystery Thriller
For Reviewers
Who remembers correctly?
Who is protecting whom?
What did Arthur really do twenty years ago?
Who will die?
And when someone does...
how many people helped cause it?
Explore the Story
A spoiler-free overview of the mystery, Arthur's inheritance, and the story structure.
Read More →Meet Richard, Claire, Daniel, Rebecca, Michael, and Thomas.
Meet the Characters →Explore the dead man whose final will sets the entire mystery in motion.
Discover Arthur →Explore the buried incident connecting all six characters.
Go Back →Explore the unusual ending built around the unidentified second funeral.
Explore the Hook →Learn more about the author behind The Meridian Six.
Author Profile →The Meridian Six
Only five will remain.