In The Dark
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Last published Wed, Nov 4, 2015
Life can change in an instant, and not even the happiest of families are immune. Rory Collins had a happy family; but in one night it was ripped in two when her sister was brutally murdered. Years later, Rory is still trying to cope with her loss while coming to terms that she has a physically absent father and an emotionally absent mother. Rory is ready to move on with her life, and away from her suffocating small town. But what she doesn't know is that someone is watching her. Rory doesn't know who to trust and who to believe as new and familiar people come into her life. Secrets and lies surface from the most unlikely places as she tries to uncover the identity of her sister's killer...before she meets the same fate. But she has to be careful, because In The Dark, someone is always watching...
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