"I knew it was you all along," she says spitting out blood.
"You were the idiot who believed me, everything I said you went with it."
The hooded figure moves closer towards Lisa, holding the gun to her head.
"And now, you must face the consequences."
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Lisa Green is your typical 23 year-old fresh out of law school student. Overly excited to be able to work on her first case and expecting to win it too. Not to mention she's coming back home to Phoenix, Arizona, her birth place and it's where her first case will be. She's more than thrilled about seeing everyone again, and she's ready for every single change and sacrifice that has to be made. What she's not ready for is to get a murder case right away. Having little evidence, Lisa must take into account that if she loses this case, a murderer gets away. Again.
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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