This is the rewritten version of Peppermint Taste, it is completely different to the original story (which is still readable). This version was originally mixed with the original but I decided to move it for a better flow with the novel.
"Ally's problem was that she cared too much. If she had been less interested in the personal lives of everyone around her; she wouldn't be dead."
When an investigation, led by an inquisitive detective and his team, is commenced after the brutal death of a teenage girl on a Monday morning, a body is found. But in the distance, is the ghost of a girl just wanting to be left alone.
"The peppermint; it's all mixed in with her blood."
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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