When 17 yr old Seth Malcoms moves to Darchess, Maine with his mother, he has no idea what to expect. His worse case scenario, of course, consists of empty lunch tables, weird looks, and the rest of his high school days being branded as the new kid that nobody really bothered to get to know. Little did Seth know that his idea of a "horrible school year" would be stretched beyond boundaries completely out of his knowledge and control. When Seth meets Noelle, he is immediantly fascinated by her, despite the fact that she was known than nothing more than a school outcast. However, when Noelle's dark secret collides with the town's biggest mystery, Seth finds himself directly in the middle of it all.
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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