In the befoul haze in Philadelphia lies a 16 year old orphan waiting for her happy ending, the noise of busy traffic somehow blurs into empty silence, a picture of a boy fills the void inside her head, destined to meet him, she sets off into the dangers of the city, the unknown must be known.
However, Autumn has been transferred to group home to group home many times in her life, she has never felt like she belonged. She was always a little more quiet than the other girls, more reserved and caught up in her own fantasies, maybe this boy will be her closure, her happy ending.
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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