"Even though I've lived with him for years, I still don't understand why he talks to me the way he does."
Alana has lived with her brother as long as she can remember. She has no idea what has happened to her parents, and her brother, Sean, doesn't want to talk about them at all. So when she gets an unaddressed letter delivered straight to her bedroom door, she doesn't know how to take the words written on there. Following the instructions written on the letter, she slowly learns the secrets about her and her parents past.
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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