Life of Layla
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Layla Hartley has got it all. A bedroom with no fan, a somewhat dysfunctional family, and zero friends. The only thing keeping her sane is the fact that eleventh grade ends in two weeks.
However, that idea is overshadowed by the news that an old friend of hers, Sam Hunter, had been murdered.
Join her adventures with Maxwell, Camilla, and many others as they try to get to the bottom of Sam Hunter's murder in this turbulent murder mystery set in the seventies.
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