The Rope's Secret
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Last published Sun, Jan 18, 2015
Tyler Brooks was dead. Suicide by hanging. There was no denying it. But no-one knows why he did it. With his parents in so much dismay, the only one left to figure out the mystery is Tyler's peculiar best friend.
Quinn Hunter is known as the "oddball" in her school. Quiet and curious, only Tyler could really accept her as a proper friend. But she refuses to move on. She's determined to discover Tyler's motive for his suicide. The answer will be difficult to obtain, and perhaps even more difficult to accept. Can Quinn do it?
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