Part of Bleak Haven
First published 2026
A twisted website spreads through Bleak Haven High like wildfire. Students upload their photos and watch AI create fake videos of their deaths, complete with slasher movie gore. Ava Wilson wants nothing to do with it. Her uncle's murder conviction already makes her a target for whispers and stares. She keeps her head down while classmates obsess over their digital demises. Then the fake deaths start becoming real. Someone is hunting students and recreating their AI videos frame by frame. Bodies pile up in perfect imitation of the algorithm's imagination. Ava realizes she knows something the killer doesn't want revealed. She can either track down the murderer before more students die, or she can become the next victim whose fake death turns terrifyingly real.
Genres: mystery, crime, horror, thriller, young-adult, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, dark-secret, final-girl, unreliable-world
Setting: Bleak Haven High
Period: 21st-century
256 pages · Paperback · Wednesday Books
Content warnings: death, gore, graphic-violence, murder