Kyle Hershel is a loner with his two best friends and single mother, who sometimes treats Kyle like she wishes he was a girl.
One day, seventeen-year-old Kyle's not-so-great life took a turn for the worse. It was after a heavy rain and he saw a strange girl. Later, a local man's body was found. Cause of death? Drowning. When the police name it murder, the whole city goes into a frenzy. Kyle just sits back and watches the confusion and chaos at hand. Another body turns up and Kyle gets a strange letter from a girl named Bella.
Kyle has no idea what is in store for him.
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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