October 7th, 2003: In the town of Grand Oak Village, Harrison Jenkins and his wife, Deborah Jenkins unexpectantly pass away due to unknown causes. Their daughter, Ellie, a wife and mother of two kids, goes to their antique house in the middle of nowhere to see if maybe she can find clues to what happened to her parents. What she finds in the house is not what she expected...what were her parents doing while she didn't live with them? Can she find out what really happened to her parents? Were her parents bad people?
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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