Abigail Barlowe lives at a small hill on the abandoned Southside of Coastlin. She lives next to a dark forest, which everyone is afraid of. If someone go's in, that person never returns. Her life seems like the life of any other 16-year old girl. She has a home, much friends, a loving family and a boyfriend. But her whole life changes when her uncle disappears after going into the woods. The police found the body without a heart. Someone or something cut it open. The next week Abigail has been accused of killing her own uncle. Now she has to do everything to prove she's innocent and find the the truth. Who is really Coastlin's Monster?
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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