茱莉亞和妹妹自小擁有雙胞胎一般的心電感應,當妹妹死於一場疑點重重的意外,她決定「模擬」妹妹刻意隱藏的秘密人生,拼湊可能的真相。
白天,她是稱職的妻子和母親;夜晚,她在虛擬世界用妹妹的帳號登入未知網域,刺探一個個代號背後的真實身分,試圖從陌生臉孔中找出涉案人物。當她掌握破案關鍵,兩條人生的鋼索開始劇烈震盪,入戲太深,虛實之間再也無法明確劃分……她不知道的是,自己早已墜入將妹妹帶往死亡的層層圈套。
故事一次次加速迎向高潮,卻又無預警陡降後再次攀升。每一個角色都戴著多重面具,情節推展彷彿看不見終點的雲霄飛車,我們只能提防字裡行間留下的警示:
一旦摘下面具,沒有人能夠全身而退。
The brutal murder of her sister shatters Julia’s ordinary life, and old wounds are opened. She briefly finds solace in her sister’s best friend, only to receive more shocking news: her sister
led a disturbing second life in the shadowy corners of the Internet. Certain that her sister’s death is somehow connected to her cyber-life, Julia sets out to find answers.
But the search for the truth unexpectedly turns into an exploration of herself and her own desires. The Internet is a private sexual playground, an anonymous, addictive netherworld ...