A Halloween photo walk becomes a public trial—and by morning, Tara Linskey is dead.

On a rain-slick Halloween night in Cork, a university photo walk turns into a public trial. Veiled frames flare with an unnatural white burn, and the crowd is forced to watch as a nude image of the club's star organiser appears—stamped with a sermon and a threat from an anonymous account calling itself The Judgement.

Detective Bria Friday steps into a student house that feels sealed from the inside: four people grieving too hard, protecting themselves too fast, and a digital life already picked clean. Shannon, Declan, Finn, and Riku all had access and proximity—and reasons to reshape the truth. The key witness outside the suspect circle should steady the case; instead, Mason Maloney's panic, gaps, and guilt threaten to contaminate the investigation just as Bria needs him reliable. As Bria follows a trail through sextortion, jealousy, and spectacle, she faces a choice that cost her once before: decide too quickly who deserves blame—and let the real villain slip away, smiling.

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