At a rainy all-girls boarding school on the east coast, four teens are navigating their last year of school. As the cold Maine autumn arrives and the girls are forced into a tradition dating back to the schools' founding, a student is murdered, and they learn just how dark their school's history truly is.
The girls are spiraling, grasping for safety and sanctity within their now hostile school. Will they survive till graduation, let alone another night?
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Mild gore and violence
📍Mystery/thriller young adult
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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