The death is ruled a tragic accident, but a single, cryptic clue left at the scene suggests something far more sinister: a playing card, tucked into a copy of The Bell Jar. It's a signature Maeve recognizes, an echo of the case that destroyed her career. Now, she must navigate a campus where ambition is a blood sport and the brightest students have formed a secret society known as the Sibylline Sisterhood. Led by the brilliant and charismatic Persephone Miller, these are not just students; they are storytellers who wield narratives like weapons, capable of destroying a reputation—or a life—with a single, well-placed whisper. To catch a killer who writes their own reality, Maeve must unravel a literary puzzle before she becomes the next character to be written out of the story for good.