Up in the mountains and down by the creek lies Happy Hills, a town that appears to be happy and content on the surface. But as the detective of this place, I know all too well that things are not always what they seem. My name is Noir, I am a young detective in Happy Hills and it is my duty to maintain the illusion of this idyllic town. Yet, in reality, there is nothing normal about Happy Hills. Recently everything had been quiet... Too quiet, that was until I got a tip from an anonymous source that people had recently gone missing in the sweet part of town, Someone had seen somebody else dragging dead bodies, that had bite marks and cuts all over them, into the shadows late at night. I slipped into my black coat and pulled down the brim of my hat as I made my way to Donny's Sweet N' Slime shop. The owner was a dame, a simple widow with a nose for the neighborhood's business. If anyone had seen anything, it would have been her. I had to get to the bottom of this mystery. I also decided to pack my gun just in case.
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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