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Keep the Ghost

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Reads 72,045
Votes 6,605
Parts 52
Time 4h 56m

existential mystery pseudocide suspense teen thriller

Kayla is about to fake her own death. The teenager has met a couple of strangers that claim to be experts on pseudocide, and they've told her what to do. And poor Sean Reilly, the exchange student living in her house, has stumbled on the plan. When Kayla begs, Sean gets roped in. I mean, only with little things, nothing too serious: lie about when he last saw her, and hide a few facts from the police. 

Except, things fall apart in a hurry. When Kayla vanishes, the police suspect Sean of being more than a concerned friend. As evidence mounts, detectives zero in - there's no way out for Sean. They're arresting him for Kayla's murder. 

His one chance at freedom is to follow in Kayla's footsteps and reach out to the enigmatic strangers who make a life out of pretending to be dead. They call it enlightenment, but Sean calls it crazy. At least they have a plan, even if the first step is to kill himself. Will Sean have the strength to take the plunge? And if he does, who will come out the other side?All Rights Reserved

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The Silent Deceivers by EmmaGill14

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Space Egg by Froggo007

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The Silent Deceivers

Death seems to be a reoccurring trend in Leah Levson's life; first she loses her family in a car crash which forces her most dreaded nightmare to come true. Leah is placed into care, she has to fight her own inner demons while trying to make friends after the death of her old ones and navigate her way around a new school. Secondary school is hard enough. Then as she tried to cope with one traumatic event another one strikes; her friend commits suicide. Bad things come in three right? When the blame starts to be directed onto her and with the cloak of guilt covering her after the way their friendship was left, Leah embarks on a mission with the help of her new best friend Roxy to uncover the truth and solve the mystery surrounding David's death and to prove to not only the ones blaming her but also to herself that she is innocent and played no part in his death. She needs to find closure if she is ever going to recover and move on. Only when the verdict of suicide turns in murder does she realise just how tangled she is in a web of bare-faced lies, broken promises and deceit. With the culprit determined not to be exposed and closer than she thinks, for Leah untangling the web will make her question her trust in those closet to her. As she soon discovers it's not only her hiding a secret; everyone hides something.