"Who are you and what do you want from me?!"
"It's simple really Cassandra. I want to show you how cruel and dark the world really is, I want to show that even the ones closest to you, the ones you love the most," he came and stood behind me, "tell you the worst lies." He lowered himself so I could see his face clearly and when I did, I gasped.
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After the sudden death of her parents, Cassandra has no choice but to go back to her dad's home town to live with her grandfather.
She is determined to start a new life in Middleton, a normal life, but normal is far from what she gets. Starting at a new school with new friends and teachers is hard enough but what happens when she finds out that her parents were not who she thought they were?
Lies will be told, truths will be revealed. There are only a few she can trust but many who want her world to go down in flames.
Will Cassandra find her parents murderer and solve the dark mysteries of the town or will she put herself in the hands of danger?
One thing she must remember through all this, not everyone is as innocent as they seem.
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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