Zero Hale still isn’t dead.

And as president of Kane Academy’s newly formed Problem-Solving Club, his life isn’t about to get any easier.

First, there’s the violin competition. Myles Adrian is under pressure to perform at a prestigious event—except someone is sabotaging his every move. Now, Zero has been drafted as both his accompanist and his detective, kicking off an investigation that takes the entire club on a perilous field trip beyond the academy’s walls.

Then there’s Alina Carter. She’s the Ice Princess: cold, untouchable, and absolutely the only person alive who hates Zero more than Zero hates himself. Oh, and she’s also being targeted by a psychotic stalker—a threat so terrifying it forces her into Zero’s path. With lives at stake, working together might be their only chance, but surviving each other could prove just as difficult.

Meanwhile, “X” watches over it all—a manipulative, unseen force who remains in the shadows. Waiting. Plotting. Obsessing.

With each case building pressure, and his growing connection to Briar pulling him deeper, Zero is forced past his limits as he comes to a startling realization: 

Ending his own life used to seem impossible; now, it might just be unnecessary.

Because someone else may end it for him.