Lucia was a 15-year-old girl, from the south of Madrid. She was smart, a good student, and loyal to her friends. However, bullying and harassment from her classmates, and a betrayal from her best "friend", led her to falling in with very dangerous people and to suffer a brutal murder.
One day in June, she quietly left her house after her parents had gone to bed, left with a school mate who was waiting for her, in his motorbike, and she never came back.
Translated by me from the Spanish version, which is also on my profile
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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