Terrified, panicking and lost, Dinah Spurns runs through an immense forest before stumbling into a small, enticing house. It has food. It has bedrooms and bathrooms. It even has a drawing room.
Dinah can't leave it.
Slowly, person by person, the house begins to fill. And, with only each other for entertainment, the residents of the Black Woods House start to tell stories. What they don't know us that their stories are bound together in way no one can expect, but all must fear...
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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