Mercy Holiday's life has always been complicated, but she never imagined how complicated it could get until she witnessed the cold-blooded murder of her mother, at the hands of her father.
As a diagnosed schizophrenic from the age of 15, and the only other witness being her 7 year old brother, police can't press charges on her dad.
Now, in witness protection along with her younger brother Ryan after narrowly escaping almost certain death, the siblings must take on new identities and lie low until authorities can prove that their father killed their mother.
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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