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When the body of Lukas von Keller, a third-year student at Veridien, a prestigious all-boys academy, is found at the bottom of a ravine on March 10th, 1986, life at the quiet elite institution is shaken to the core.

After months of investigation, authorities are ready to rule the death a suicide. Detective Whitlock, however, is not. A chance to solve the case, now a personal nightmare, presents itself when Marius Vassier, a local private eye known for his sharp instincts and impeccable fashion, approaches him with a plan.

An unorthodox plan.

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Maximilian Hawthorn is eleven years old, terrifyingly clever, and the undisputed master of his school. He runs a black-market homework empire, negotiates better lunch privileges than the prefects, and has reduced his form teacher to tears more times than anyone can count.

Then he notices Gabriel —quiet, unimpressed, and immune to Max's schemes. His carefully constructed world begins to unravel as he discovers that some things can't be outsmarted, some people refuse to be impressed, and sometimes the best strategy is no strategy at all.

Crushes, chaos, and the theatre kids who bring even the most arrogant boys to their knees.

Some people have their lives together.

Other people spend twenty minutes trying to get their lives together when all they really want is to close a document without having to argue with their computer, themselves, and several imaginary witnesses.

And then there are some documents that simply don't want to be written. They fight back like an old boyfriend you forgot you left in the closet. So the choice is yours to decide with who you want to sleep.