When her mother died, Victoria didn't know how to cope, until she met Micah. For once the world again seemed happy, or at least partially so. But when she is kidnapped by a mysterious man, Tori finds out things about her mother's deaath and also her father, that quickly plunge her back into the dark. And who is this mysterious man that kidnaps her and tortures her seemingly out of delight and revenge? Revenge on whom? As her friends and family tirelessly look for her, Tori begins to understand the dark truth behind her mother's seemingly innocent death, and that the very one she trusted the most, should have been who she was running from.
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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