In 1980, Montana. Walt Johnson, a calm, quiet, and thoughtful man in his late 40s and early 50s wakes to find his wife, Ruth, having left him for another man, an ex-husband, in New York. She has taken their son, Harry, And daughter, Sarah.
Walt visits his birth home, Oregon. However, Walt meets his long-lost father, Colin, A aggressive, quiet, and reserved homeless old man who is a retired missing sheriff and soldier in his 90s searching for his son. Walt finds Colin in a dark forest at night and they reunite. However, Colin doesn't want to go to Montana as he wants to stay in Oregon.
Suddenly, They must be very quiet at night because someone is hunting them down.
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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