"Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside and close the door and all those dreadful things that happened, you can lock them away...forever." - The Joker
Dr. Lois Weathers has achieved an outstanding record of rehabilitated patients at Arkham Asylum in Gotham City. In just 2 years she has worked her way up to a substantial payroll as a psychiatrist, (as large as one can be at Arkham, anyway) and has made a name for herself.
And then she is given the career opportunity of a lifetime - assigned as the Joker's new shrink.
But when she finds herself alone in a room with him, the glamour of working with the Clown Prince is darker and more horrifying then she could have possibly anticipated, and soon Lois begins to question everything.
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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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