Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

Esmeralda Lacey White and Lacey-May Fleming are best friends. They both attend Gilmour academy. Just starting year 9. They hope for a peaceful year, after Esmeralda learns some shocking news. But fate does not want that. There is a murderer lose in the school. More and more students quickly disappearing within each week that passes by. Using her knowledge from reading crime books and watching crime shows. Can Lacey find out who it is before it's too late?