Book four of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES, a novella, takes Rachael on a summer trip to England accompanied by an old family friend, a guy pal from college, and her grandmother. Expecting a soothing change of scenery, she encounters trouble instead when a valuable gold oyster brooch in her possession provokes a frightening series of confrontations with shady characters who want it because of the secret it holds.
Rachael embarks on an odyssey through the English canals in a narrowboat to elude danger and unearth the scandalous past and stunning hidden meaning contained within the mysterious piece of jewelry in Paisley Ray's TOAD IN THE HOLE.
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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