Criminology Ph.D. student Theo Chan vowed he’d never get tangled in another murder. But when a cryptic late-night call drags Theo and his shadowy employers, Primrose and Teebin, to a remote island village, he’s forced to confront the one thing scarier than a killer: the secrets people will kill to protect.
The case? Find local legend Edmund Stone, who vanished twenty-six years ago, leaving behind nothing but rumors. It seems benign—until they stumble onto a brand-new murder. Now someone has smashed a dollhouse replica of the island’s most haunted manor, and the killer is teasing them with eerie limericks in a twisted game.
As Theo and his team chase riddles through windswept graveyards, storm-battered cliffs, and long-forgotten locked rooms, every villager becomes a suspect. Who wants the past to stay buried? And what secrets does Primrose conceal in her own shadowy past? In a village where everyone has something to hide, unmasking the truth could turn Theo’s second case into his last.
Perfect for fans of atmospheric mysteries and amateur sleuths with everything to lose, adventure will keep you guessing until the final jaw-dropping twist.
