It was the fire that started it all. Or rather, the idea of someone starting the fire.
Julia and Heather spied a shadowy figure darting through the smoke-filled halls of their burning high school. James had seen it too. After that night, the three students decide they will do whatever it takes to catch the suspected arsonist. Together they discover hints and clues pointing to something truly sinister going on behind the staid exterior of Norwood Academy. In a confusion of cryptic messages, burglaries, hidden passages, abandoned hideaways, and kidnapping, the mystery of the ivory butterflies begins to open its wings. But as the investigation unfolds, the three detectives begin to wonder whether they are truly ready for an adventure that will put their freedom, their friendship, and even their lives at stake.
