Innocent Until Found Dead

Eighteen-year-old Quinn Beverly's life unravels the day her parents are found dead under suspicious circumstances, their bodies pulled from the icy waters of Lake Santeetlah. When the coroner's report raises disturbing questions-suggesting both murder and suicide-Quinn is left with a single, chilling thought: her parents wouldn't take their own lives. But if someone else was responsible, who could it be? And why is it already being buried as a closed case?

As Quinn searches for answers, a strange letter appears, signed by someone claiming responsibility for her parents' deaths. They know everything about her family, their hidden past, and, most unsettlingly, about Quinn herself. Soon, Quinn begins receiving vivid dreams that seem less like nightmares and more like pieces of a forgotten life-a life where her name wasn't even Quinn.

When threats drive her and her aunt to the remote town of Riverford, Connecticut, Quinn finds herself in a place where the secrets are as old as the trees, and every face hides a story. As the past and present twist into a sinister game, Quinn realizes that her survival depends on piecing together her fractured memories. But with her sense of reality slipping, she's haunted by a single question: How much of her own story has been a lie?

In Innocent Until Found Dead, truth and trust become deadly pursuits. Will Quinn uncover her family's dark past before it consumes her-or will she, too, disappear without a trace?

Trigger Warning: This book briefly touches on themes of suicide.

Side note: This work is a rough draft, so edits will be made for perfection. I will comment if there is any changes regarding the storyline. Thank you for understanding!