Dead By Midnight

RunTime: Book 3

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Genres

Crime Thriller and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Abuse, Death, and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

RunTime — Book 3

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Publication Date

Jun 16, 2026

Page Length

110 pages

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Dead By Midnight

RunTime: Book 3

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Blurb

Three hours. Ten million dollars in gold. One man who has everything to lose.

Jay Seldon's night starts with an Uber ride. By midnight, he'll be fighting for everything that matters.

Taken hostage by a crew with a ruthless plan, Jay finds himself at the center of a high-stakes heist—one where the clock is running and the consequences are as deadly as they are personal. What he's protecting, you'll understand immediately. What's coming for him, you won't see until it hits.

Dead By Midnight unfolds in real time—a taut, relentless thriller that moves from the first page to the last without letting go.

The RunTime series delivers stories that read like movies—immersive, visceral, and built for the way people actually want to read today. Fast, sharp, and impossible to put down, Dead By Midnight is RunTime at its most intense.

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Genres

Crime Thriller and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Profanity, Sex, Abuse, Death, and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

RunTime — Book 3

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Jun 16, 2026

Page Length

110 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Patrick Cirillo is a successful screenwriter whose credits include the hit film "Tears of the Sun," starring Bruce Willis, and "Homer and Eddie," starring Jim Belushi and Whoopi Goldberg. "Homer and Eddie" won the Best Picture Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His additional films include "The Surgeon" starring Malcolm McDowell, and "Dangerous Heart," starring Tim Daly and Lauren Holly.

He has sold spec screenplays to every major Hollywood studio and has done work for hire for those same companies.

Mr. Cirillo grew up in the suburban Connecticut town of Windsor and is a graduate of Fordham University. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from UCLA Film School. He is married, the father of two, and the grandfather of one. He lives in Los Angeles.