When popular radio personality West McCray receives a desperate phone call from a stranger imploring him to find nineteen-year-old runaway Sammy Hunter, he's not convinced there's a story there; girls go missing all the time. But when it's revealed that Sammy fled home after the brutal murder of her little sister, Natalie, West travels to the small town of Cold Creek, Colorado, to uncover what happened.
Sammy has no idea that her journey to avenge her sister will soon become the subject of a blockbuster podcast. Armed with a switchblade, Sammy follows meager clues hoping they'll lead to the man who took Natalie's life because she's determined to make him pay with his own. But as west traces her path to the darkest, most dangerous corners of big cities and small towns, a deeply unsettling mystery begins to unfold--one that's bigger than them both. Can he find Sammy before it's too late?
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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