After a string of expulsions, Aron Harris is shipped off to the elite Beathersby Institute-her father's final attempt to straighten her out. A dorm mix-up places her with four chaotic boys who pull her into their underground school news site and, unexpectedly, into a life that finally feels steady. Then Nadia Everret falls to her death. The school rules it a suicide, but when the boys uncover evidence of murder, Aron is dragged into a dangerous search for the truth-one that exposes secrets Beathersby will do anything to keep buried.

The devastating news of Nancy's suicide was all that anyone at Berrington could talk about. But only weeks after her death, the five young editors of the university's newspaper come upon shocking evidence that could prove Nancy had been murdered despite what the police had them believe. So, curious to know where this story leads them, Nicholas, Shawn, Luca, Arthur, and Isaac dive into this path to uncover Nancy's mysterious past, unaware of the horrors that lay ahead.