Every decade at Sandusky High, there's a masquerade ball that the seniors throw in a haunted mansion near the local lighthouse. Luckily for Esmerelda, she's a senior this year. Every masquerade ball has always had a theme, this decades theme was Mythology.
The night of the masquerade ball was going perfectly for everybody, until they heard a loud, shrill scream coming from upstairs. As everybody rushed upstairs, more people started to scream. When Esmerelda finally got upstairs, she also screamed and understood why everyone was screaming..
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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