History is written by the winners.
It's a quote that's often used to refer to the lack of humanity in some retellings of stories, but try as historians may, they will never get the full story.
They weren't there.
But that doesn't stop them from trying.
They're detectives of the past, and what happens when a mystery is unearthed? What happens when the stories turn out to be fake, and cruelty will be exposed?
The tricky thing with truth is that it is perceived.
Even when we don't want it 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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