Annabelle Dickson is the most popular girl at Hillton high school. Annabelle Dickson is the nicest girl you'll ever meet. Annabelle Dickson is dead. And Adrian Humphrey is the main suspect. A war errupts at Hillton High School, a rift between the people who believe Adrian's innocence and Adrian's guilt. Adrian must rely on the help of Cathie Lenora, whom he can't stand, to help prove his innocence. Cathie refuses to let Annabelle's murderer escape her grasp, however as the mystery begins to unfold, Cathie begins to wish she had left it all alone.

Derek Knight has always been Kingsbury's bad boy. But when he's arrested his freshman year of high school, for the murder of Thomas Harding, his reputation goes from bad to worse. After a short three year incarceration in juvenile detention, Derek returns to Kingsbury High to finish his senior year. He's feared by everyone and afraid of no one. When Arabella Masterson, a quiet girl who prefers to blend in, is assigned to tutor Derek for the rest of the school year, Derek finds his hard shell slowly beginning to crack. When Derek brings a little spice to Arabella's world, she finds herself craving more. With issues from Derek's past and his bad boy reputation always getting in the way, can Derek and Arabella somehow fight through it all, or is the relationship they worked to build a means to an end? (This is an updated description for the book edit)

From the poetry diary of the late Ms. Bennett: I’ve always thought how interesting it would be To live in a world where the dead could speak. Man, to think there’d be a lot to say. Who what, where, when and why would be answered With no questions gone astray. Unfortunately though, the dead can’t speak. Except in this case of course Where I give you one little mystique. For on the eve of my sixteenth birthday I, Lauren Bennett, was brutally murdered By the person of course I least suspected. My catastrophic death struck those in Florence so highly residents wondered, "Who would ever want to leave our precious Laurie so nearly dismembered?" I was after all, St. Mary high's perfect little angel, just as they remembered. Or was I? Not everything was like it seemed in this quaint little town despite its peaceful eye. My five friends and I did unforgivable things, wicked sins that in my part turned deadly. And now, three years later, my killer has set out for sights much more redly. For those who were around me when I was alive are the next targets. Something I suggest neither ever forget. Because those acts committed all when they were younger Each deserves a punishment just like mine, perhaps even rougher. This all began with one single tragic death. And now, it must end with another who’ll be left with no breath. The question now is who will it be? Well I can say with certainty it definitely won’t be me.

(A/N): this is not for the faint hearted The disturbing and haunting secrets behind this Killer's greatest murders.