"Our family is under a curse, Luca. Death himself stepped out of his realm to curse us."
Luca Mitchell got over his fear of death when the fifth member of his family died. He knew what was going to happen next. He knew who the next victim was, only because he was the only member of the Mitchell family who was not six feet under the earth.
With all the brutal murders happening around him, Luca wants answers. And he knows that answers do not come cheap. People are coming to kill Luca, but there is something uncanny about their actions. They almost feel like puppets being controlled.
Luca has to go face-to-face against The Puppeteer, an enigmatic person who no one except people who "dealt with the Devil" has heard of.
And Luca might not make it alive.
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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