How do you describe crime? The dictionary will tell you something, so will Wikipedia. The Internet will sway your mind and so will your borrowed John Grisham.
But what about the truth ? The unassuming and unchanging truth ?
It gets lost ,over and over, sinking like a stone, till, at last, it hits the ocean bed, to lie undisturbed forever. And the seekers can go to hell, and write myths and stories and fables. But they're never going to figure it out.
Because that's the way it is.
Unless something , or someone, pushes all the right buttons such that, you, mentally spill the beans.
And that, is when it flashes.
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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