The murder of the Serbian Prime Minister, Siniša Radovanović, has shaken the whole world.
Three different confessions.
Three individuals who have never met.
Two lies and only one truth.
Strahinja, Dejan, and Milena have never met and have nothing in common. They all confess to killing Prime Minister Siniša Radovanović. The only thing the police managed to discover is that all three suffer from arachnophobia - a fear of spiders.
Milena claims she committed the assassination on her own.
Dejan insists that he fired the shots by himself three times.
Strahinja asserts that he is the sole person involved in the murder.
Phoneutria is the Latin name for the Brazilian wandering spider - the most venomous spider in the world.
Phoneutria is a story of the other, forbidden love.
Phoneutria is a tale of elite prostitution in Serbia and a secret baby theft ring.
Phoneutria is a story of justice, which, has died in injustice.
There is much evil in this world, and the most dangerous is the one we do not see - but it sees us. Evil has four pairs of eyes, weaves its web, and creeps upon you while you sleep.
Evil is not an insect, but it is a spider.
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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