Shadows Over Willow Creek: The Final Gambit By Gideon Thorne The game is almost over. A summer once meant for healing has become a final reckoning. In the wake of last year's chaos, Harper, Tyler, Jaime and Ava are trying to rebuild their lives - holding jobs, making college plans, pretending the town isn't still haunted by whispers of The Red Queen. But Willow Creek never forgets its secrets... and neither does Verity Quinn. When Verity returns to town under the guise of a grand summer festival, The Cast realizes the truth: the Queen isn't finished playing. Each of them is still a piece on her board. And this time, she intends to win. As old ghosts resurface and loyalties begin to crack, Jaime finds himself drawn into Verity's orbit - a move that may cost him everything. Now, with the town celebrating the very woman who destroyed it, The Cast must risk everything to expose her before she erases them for good. But when the last move comes, it won't belong to the living. Shadows Over Willow Creek: The Final Gambit is the breathtaking conclusion to Gideon Thorne's haunting four-part series - a dark, emotional mystery for fans of Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, and One of Us Is Lying. In this town, truth has a price, and every queen eventually falls.

The Queen's Game By Gideon Thorne Power isn't taken. It's earned-move by move, piece by piece. After narrowly surviving the horrors of the last entry, Harper Bell and the Cast find themselves marked as enemies of something far more dangerous than they ever imagined. Expelled, branded as liars, and stripped of their futures, the four teens must navigate a summer filled with grief, fear, and buried truths clawing their way to the surface. When an old enemy escapes custody and a new one ascends to power, the Cast is forced into a deadly game of loyalty, legacy, and deception. As Harper struggles with the trauma of her kidnapping and the shadow of her father's death, Tyler, Ava, and Jaime uncover a chilling connection to a decades-old Dungeons & Dragons group-one that gave birth to a real-life cult built around chess, sacrifice, and control. And at the center of it all? A name long buried in the past: Verity Quinn. She created the game. Now they're trapped inside it. The Queen's Game is the third installment in the Shadows Over Willow Creek series, a dark and twisting mystery where secrets demand blood, and not everyone makes it to the final move. The Cast has survived knights and bishops. But the Queen? The Queen never needed protection. The final chapter is coming. Check is on the board.

A town still haunted by secrets. A symbol no one dares speak of. A brotherhood built on blood. Summer casts long shadows over Willow Creek, and the Cast-Harper, Ava, Jamie, and Tyler-can't shake the feeling that something darker is stirring. Months after unmasking a killer in their own school, the group is drawn into another mystery when a student is found murdered, his body marked with a strange symbol: three interlocking rings. As the Cast follows the trail, they uncover whispers of a secret society embedded within the school's football team-a modern-day cult hiding behind Friday night lights. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: this isn't new. This has been happening for decades, protected by power, influence, and fear. Now, targeted by unknown enemies and betrayed by the very institutions meant to protect them, the Cast must decide how far they're willing to go-and who they can trust-before they become the next victims of a game they never chose to play. The truth hides in shadows... and the next piece of the puzzle might just cost them everything. Part 2 of a chilling 4-part mystery series for fans of Riverdale, One of Us Is Lying, and Pretty Little Liars. Part 3 coming soon!

In the sleepy town of Willow Creek, secrets are buried deeper than the bodies. When popular cheerleader Lacey turns up dead-her eyes and mouth sealed shut-the town is shaken to its core. Then two more girls close to Lacey are found in the same horrifying condition, and panic gives way to whispers of something darker. For Tyler, Ava, Jaime, and Harper-an unlikely group of high school outsiders drawn together by grief and suspicion-the truth behind the murders becomes an obsession. Calling themselves The Cast, they uncover tangled clues, hidden relationships, and a growing list of suspects that includes everyone from Lacey's ex-boyfriend to the school janitor... even one of their own. But the deeper they dig, the more they realize these killings are not just about revenge-they're part of something much bigger. Something ancient. And someone is watching their every move. As the town rushes to close the case, The Cast begins to suspect the real game is just beginning. And it's not over. Not by a long shot. Whispers. Lies. A killer hiding in plain sight. Welcome to Willow Creek. Fans of Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars and One of Us is Lying should place this series on their reading list!