"Hey girl, open the walls, and play with your dolls, we'll be a perfect family..."
...Or so the saying goes. Two cousins, Cry Baby and Baby Doll, have heard this many times before but know that it can never be true. Living under the same roof of an elegant yet bleak and spooky family mansion that holds multiple secrets is like torture for the two cousins, who are more like sisters and struggle to stick together and keep their innocence and sanity in the midst of domestic chaos and the regular complications of friends, boys, sexuality, independence and identity in the modern world.
"D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E, I see things that nobody else sees..."
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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