When seventeen-year-old Iris Blackwood witnesses her reclusive neighbor's gruesome death, she thinks she's seen a suicide. She's wrong.
Helena Ashford's body beneath the old oak tree is just the beginning of a psychological thriller that will shatter everything Iris thought she knew about her small town. The mysterious package Helena left behind contains cryptic instructions and three sealed envelopes—each addressed to classmates who react with barely concealed terror.
Dark secrets. Deadly conspiracies. A town built on lies.
As Iris and her reluctant allies—Cameron, Zoe, and Blake—follow Helena's posthumous clues, they uncover a conspiracy thriller spanning decades. Municipal fires, missing fathers, and covered-up murders reveal a shadow network controlling their community. But Helena didn't just document the corruption—she orchestrated her own death to expose it.
Young adult thriller meets psychological suspense in this gripping tale where teenage protagonists face impossible choices. Every adult is suspect. Every friend could be an enemy. Every revelation brings them closer to the truth—and closer to death.
The deeper they dig, the more dangerous their world becomes. Murder mystery elements blend with small town secrets as the teens discover they're not fighting local corruption—they're battling a vast network that views them as expendable test subjects.
Helena died to give them a chance. Now they must decide if her sacrifice was worth their lives.
