Bari, December 2009.
A triple homicide in the city centre two days before Christmas and the discovery, a week before, of a middle-aged woman's corpse in one of the city's parks catapult inspector Andrea Pantaleo into a double investigation with a totally unpredictable outcome. But it is Gianrico Salvemini, the Provincial Deputy Chief of Police, to call Pantaleo to the scene of the triple homicide. Something behind the brutal crime has terrified the Deputy Chief. Something from his past. The dead of the present and those of a nightmare started many years before are somehow connected. A nightmare that can be interrupted only by Andrea Pantaleo, an experienced inspector grown up devouring Sherlock Holmes and Ellery Queen detective novels...
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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