December 23rd
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It's Christmas Day when Darcy Valena's world flips upside down. She spends every holiday with her sister, Kenzie, but when she doesn't show up this year, Darcy has a sick feeling gnawing at the bottom of her stomach. Something isn't right.
In order to unveil what happened to her sister, Darcy must relive the night of December 23rd and rehash details spanning back to her childhood. With the help of her town's local police department and investigative unit, Darcy finds herself hunting leads that take her back to events she planned to keep buried forever and to revelations she never could have imagined.
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