In the shadowy streets of Humblefield, strange cases have become a chilling norm. For Nathan Sky, a relatively new recruit in Raven's Watch, solving these mysteries is more than a job-it's his obsession. Each case leads him deeper into a web of inexplicable disappearances, supernatural creatures, and cryptic runes, all bound by one word: Blud.
Once the wealthiest family in Blud Valley, the Blud family vanished without a trace, their legacy shrouded in mystery and death. Every investigation into their disappearance has ended in disaster--evidence wiped clean, investigators missing, or worse, found dead. But Nathan isn't like the others. With each case, he uncovers fragments of a forgotten book, pages that reveal the dark truth behind the family's fall and the dangerous forces still at play.
As Nathan pieces together the puzzle, he finds himself on a collision course with something far more sinister than he ever imagined--someone, or something, is pulling the strings behind the chaos, and Nathan is running out of time to stop them.
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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