Some secrets are buried for a reason.
When history student Elise Mercer disappears after investigating the sealed records of Ashdown Hall, five college friends are drawn into a mystery the university seems determined to keep buried.
Michael Kelly knows what a prepared lie sounds like.
Brian May sees patterns where others see coincidence.
Kayla Ritz understands the emotional shape of a story before anyone says it aloud.
Paula Jackson can follow digital traces no one meant to leave behind.
Leo O'Reilly knows the hidden routes, forgotten spaces and physical dangers others overlook.
Together, they begin searching for Elise.
But Ashdown Hall is more than an abandoned building with a tragic past.
Years earlier, a student named Daniel Vale died in a fire. The official explanation was simple. The case was closed. And for years, no one questioned the story.
Until now.
As the five friends begin pulling at loose threads, they encounter missing records, strange warnings and people who seem far more interested in keeping the past buried than uncovering what really happened.
Then they realise someone may be watching them.
The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous their investigation becomes. Because some mysteries are not meant to be solved-and some people will do almost anything to make sure they stay that way.
The first book in The Meridian Files trilogy, Ashdown Hall is a dark academia mystery thriller about friendship, buried secrets, institutional power and the dangerous consequences of refusing to look away.
What really happened at Ashdown Hall?
And if the truth has been hidden for years...
who is willing to do whatever it takes to keep it buried?
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