Luna Cooper seems to have it all - a wonderful home, a loving husband, and two wonderful teenage kids. She chose to be a SATHM leaving behind a career as a forensic pathologist at a private clinic after a case that made her count her blessings.
On the night of her 36th birthday, a terrible crime is committed that shakes Luna's family to the core. Eva, her thirteen-year-old daughter, is missing, and she doesn't know what to do. She fears for Eva's life, and what if Eva becomes a victim of the same heinous crime, because of which Luna left her career all those years ago.
Luna's husband, Eric, suspects their new next-door neighbor, Damirah Hayat, for a reason he can't put her finger on but cannot do anything about it. However, as Luna herself works to unfold the unsettling account of what happened, she learns that the truth is much more complicated and unnerving than she had believed it to be.
What follows is Luna's unwavering endeavor to find out the truth that could shatter her perfect family-a chilling secret that drives Luna to the edge.
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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