Jake Bounds is a private investigator who's got everything going for him. His career is just starting to take off, and he has an adoring girlfriend who finally agreed to marry him. Then, disaster strikes, and Jake finds himself on the most important case of his life. He has to find a killer who is dumping the bodies of partially dismembered women in a park. In a town filled with incompetent police, and only his sister Josie for help, the task seems nearly impossible. Will Jake be able to deliver justice and get closure, or will he become the killer's first male victim?
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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