Kyle Blanchard thought he knew everything about his tiny town. Which people would be honest with him and which would lie. Who needed money and who just wanted it from him. How to find any information he may need, someway, somehow. Now there are questions he can't answer. Who's the competition? Who's stealing our drugs? Who snitched on Rick Five? And most importantly, who killed Boss?
Kyle works for the Tombstone Brothers, a gang of drug dealers, thugs and junkies, run by Henry Boss and his nephew, known as Big Guy. Boss treats Kyle like a son and in return Kyle gives Boss any information he learns about opportunities for or threats to the gang. He's also a fixer, but hardly ever has to resort to violence as he's well-versed in keeping people from wanting to fight. Because of this, he has become an asset to the gang.
Between his rivalry with Nicky Nine Lives, his new relationship with his cousin's friend Leah, and trying keep his maintenance job while illegally investigating the management at the hotel and dive bar he works at, he's got enough to worry about without looking into the murder of his father figure. But he knows he has to.
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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