"If you die here now, you die in reality."
To get back to reality and away from their nightmare, Anais, with the help of a junior detective, John Mitchell, and their group, will play a twisted game of 'Find the Killers' in a school that only existed in their minds while playing the roles of average detective students.
Using the clues from their challenging cases and gathering the pieces together, will they unmask the mastermind known as the 'Phantom' pulling the strings of the people who were to play as the suspects and victims and who is responsible for trapping the innocent souls in this unpleasant dream? Or would they be stuck there, solving gruesome cases for the rest of their lives?
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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