Professor Jonathan Whitman is renowned as one of London's best detectives. He single-handedly solved the case of the Thirteenth Portrait, but before becoming an international icon, he returned back to his lowly life of solving puzzles and running errands.
One day he receives a letter from his old colleague and best friend, Maxwell Verret, asking him if he can visit Harnew Academy, the place in which Whitman used to work. Verret demands that Whitman arrives at Harnew as soon as possible, as there has been multiple unusual incidents recently.
Upon his arrival at Harnew Academy, however, Whitman realizes that something more sinister is happening, and that the incidents are more than just coincidences, in fact, are more closely connected then how they first appeared.
Will Professor Whitman solve the case? Will the students of Harnew Academy be able to live without fear? And who is the mad man behind the Institutes Bane?
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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