The crowded, coastal town of Burbank holds a secret. Demi Rosemead has the perfect life working as a studio cleaner in the city and partying with her lively girlfriend, Connie. However, when she finds a map in her cellar, she begins to realize that things are not quite as they seem in the Rosemead family. This leaves Demetria with some startling questions about her past, and she sets off to find some answers. At first the people of Burbank seem nice but as she looks for clues to the map, they seem to get more and more deceiving as time goes along. She is then torn by her family's past. Can Demetria resist the pain of the past and uncover the secret of the map before it's too late, or will her demise become yet another Burbank legend?
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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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