Book five in THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES finds Rachael moving into a house with her girlfriends for junior year. She is psyched to ditch dorm life, but can't shake her niggling reservations about the narcissistic live-in landlady, who has a history of derailing Rachael's love life. She soon learns, however, there are more serious problems to deal with.
When her mom shows up to relay an ominous premonition, Rachael dismisses it as one more bit of nonsense until a former stalker threatens Rachael and her roommates from beyond the grave in Paisley Ray's JOHNNY CAKES.
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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