sometimes the past is better off buried senior year is finally over. after all they've been through Dan Abby and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans but on the way the three friends known as it's something real something appears to be following them. then Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn't expect to hear from again someone who died last halloween. as a strange occurrence escalates Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence of fate of Fate that ties down to a group called The Bone artist who have a sinister fascination with the notorious killers of the past. now dance only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive. in this third installment of the New York times bestselling asylum series found photographs help tell the story of three teens who exist on the line between past present genius and insanity.