{"product_id":"the-asylum-sessions-a-frolicking-cartel-mystery-9798247096764","title":"The Asylum Sessions: A Frolicking Cartel Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paxton Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mysteries \u0026amp; Detective Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex had joked for years that he was great at \"fake\" ghost hunting.\u003cbr\u003eTurns out, the real thing came with a lot more screaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe metal stairs groaned under his boots as he followed the others down the body chute, each step taking them deeper beneath Waverly Hills Psychiatric Hospital. The air thickened-mildew and something else, something that felt like being watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Totally fine,\" he muttered. \"Not terrified. Just... tactically uneasy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnastasia's hand brushed his in the dark, a quick squeeze that said she heard the lie. Ahead, Lance's flashlight cut a narrow tunnel through the black, the cone of light shaking just enough to prove even he wasn't as calm as he looked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the music started.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaint, tinny carousel notes drifted up the tunnel-impossible, wrong. They'd checked this place in daylight; there had been nothing here but dust and old rumors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tell me that's you, Lance,\" Alex whispered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLance didn't answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever was playing that nursery song in the dark... it wasn't part of their equipment. And it wasn't supposed to exist anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTonight was supposed to be good content for their YouTube channel.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, The Frolicking Cartel had just walked into a secret someone was willing to kill to keep buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Description\u003cbr\u003eThey thought they were hunting ghosts for clicks.\u003cbr\u003eThey didn't expect to uncover a corporate cover-up, a missing nurse, and a hospital full of erased lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Frolicking Cartel-six college-age friends who met gaming online-have finally taken their horror obsession offline. When a desperate woman pays them to investigate the abandoned Waverly Hills Psychiatric Hospital, they load up homemade ghost-hunting gear, pile into a van, and hit the road, hoping for spooky footage and a boost to their channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat they find instead is real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the decaying asylum, Xander, Alex, Anastasia, Katrina, Matty, and Lance uncover evidence of secret \"sessions\" in the 1960s: unauthorized experiments, missing patients, and a nurse who vanished after trying to expose the truth. As night falls, motion sensors trigger with no one there, a music box plays in rooms that were empty hours before, and someone else stalks the corridors-a living threat determined to keep the past buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a homeless veteran in the tunnels hands them hidden files tying the experiments to a powerful pharmaceutical company that still exists, the team realizes they're in way over their heads. With suits in black SUVs closing in and the internet as their only weapon, the Cartel has one shot to get the evidence out before it disappears-and before they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow they're racing the clock to scan, upload, and broadcast everything they've uncovered, turning a ghost hunt into a viral expos� that could destroy a billion-dollar corporation... or get them silenced first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Asylum Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e launches The Frolicking Cartel series: character-driven paranormal mysteries where found-family banter, slow-burn tension, and grounded investigative work collide with hauntings that are never just about ghosts-perfect for readers who love creepy abandoned institutions, YouTube-style ghost hunts, and supernatural thrillers where the scariest monsters are often human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570401198231,"sku":"9798247096764","price":1241.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798247096764.webp?v=1774881807","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-asylum-sessions-a-frolicking-cartel-mystery-9798247096764","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}