Waking up at 3:00am to a slam of her front door, sixteen year old Eden is stunned to find her mother dead, covered in her own blood, lying on the kitchen floor, but is even more taken by surprise when she discovers that she can talk to her.
As Eden tries to uncover the truth about what happened to her beloved mother, she befriends her longtime crush, Eric Williams. Together they get caught up in what seems like a never ending hunt to search for the clues that Eden's mother mentions in their daily conversations, determined to find out what REALLY happened to her...
Whoops. Did I say "together"? I think Eden would disagree. Most of the time it feels like Eric is more of a distriction than help... And lately he's been giving off a suspicious vibe...
Could Eric know something? What's he been hiding? Or is Eden losing her mind...? Could there be something way darker behind her mother's sudden "death"?
Is her beloved mother even dead? Or is was it all just a dream..?
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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