16-year-old Marilyn Morgan is what you could consider to be the perfect teenage girl. Captain of the lacrosse team, and dating the well-liked junior class president, Nick Tate. The rest of Marilyn's life was just beginning- well that was until it slowly crumbled beneath her. Unexpectedly Nick commit suicide, leaving the small town they lived in heart broken. Nick was an incredibly intelligent young boy, who practically had the rest of his life laid out for him. So, why would he do this to himself? Marilyn was beside herself, seeing that the love of her life was now dead. At Nick's funeral, his mother gave Marilyn a box that was supposedly from Nick himself. Once she opened it, Marilyn found what could be evidence that he didn't commit suicide after all. It was up to her and Nick's best friend, Parker, to find out how he died, but whatever they seemed to be chasing might've been closer than they thought...
tw: this book does mention suicide!!
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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