Enigmatic (Unedited)
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[enig•mat•ic]: what is hard to solve or figure out; mysterious.
The small town of Hunters Lake is a seemingly ordinary town, nice people, stellar education, surrounded by wilderness, it's the perfect place to live. But that all changed when the local doctor gets murdered, now everyone is on high alert, fearing that they might be next.
Yvette felt the fear and horror within the confines of the town, but instead of being a sitting duck she and her friends decide to solve this mystery.
But...
They realize the killer is closer than they imagined.
Warning: contains mentions of child abuse, murder, manipulation, and kidnapping.
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