(Story 1 of the Aqua Mysteries)
After his older sister's murder in the human trafficking and his mother committed suicide after murdering his father, Nathaniel struggles to deal with PTSD. He retires from dancing, due to his traumatic past. His grandmother and his aunt console him, he doesn't know what to do. But when his aunt Noelle found a way to change him, she decides to send him and his twin siblings to the scuba diving academy where troubled/gifted kids and teens attend in to change their ways.
But who is the suspect around the scuba diving camp academy while others are around?
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
[[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque