Small Town Murder
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Last published Wed, Jan 10, 2018
In the small town of Mystic Connecticut, a teen girl goes missing. It isn't until the new school year begins that her body is discovered. Four highschool students attempt to unravel their own hometown murder mystery, slowly revealing links that they never knew existed. As time goes on, these students realize that their rocky past means nothing. They must come together to not only overcome the death of a fellow classmate, but to overcome their own hardships.
Everyone has their secrets, and the people of Mystic aren't any different. With their secrets in jeopardy, these students have two choices: they can either hold their secrets close, creating the risk of losing everything, or they can reveal their secrets for a chance at a carefree, unburdened future.
Some secrets are best left in the open, and others left unspoken.
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