The Layman Lake Mysteries
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Last published Thu, Mar 25, 2021
Amber Wilson is not excited about moving away from her home to the small town known as Layman's Lake. Leaving behind her friends in Canada strikes her with a pang of sadness, but what can she do.
Her dad's job has drawn their family into this tight-knit community in the middle of the woods with an ominous mountain secluding them from the rest of the world. To be completely honest, Amber is excited to explore this new town, even with the nosey neighbors and the vicious small dogs.
But what she's not excited about is that the move is right before she begins her senior year in high school. By this time in school, everybody has already found their own clique. And though she likes to consider herself outgoing, finding her kind of friends is gonna be awkward.
As she settles into her new life, town mysteries begin to surface. And it starts with the peculiar heir of the founding family, Eric Layman.
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