What if your best friend wasn't who you thought she was? Or....what if it wasn't her at all?
Maxine (aka Max) Tolksen is an anti-social, rude, lonely girl that lives by herself in New Castle Town, New York. Her best friend, Rowan Greene, moved to Australia three years ago. Finally, it's Max's junior year of high school and she has good enough grades to drop out of school and a lot of money from her internship to move to Australia. The only set-back is that when she gets there, Rowan isn't there. Apparently, Rowan went missing three years ago.
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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