It's the school time for most teenagers in Lonsdale, a small town setting, where people know each other, and "time slows down to a crawl". Well known for it's sunny lanes, the friendly neighbors, the smiling children, the pastel color scheme, the rotting skeletons hiding in everyone's closet.
Ever since drug activity has been growing, many mysterious circumstances and occurrences are becoming more frequent, there's something unsettling about it.
And, it's up too the four friends to stop them. Erick, Janus, Al and Reid are the members of the Harper High School's most unpopular club! They advertise it as "School sleuths for hire! Open to many private investigations". But they haven't really had any cases, until one day, a guy by the name Reid approached them and told them his story - he had witnessed a murder, in the school grounds.
Four friends, many mysteries, one big conspiracy.
Angie, a grieving expectant mother, must help the spirit of a little girl find the remains of twelve other children who mysteriously disappeared three years ago.
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After the death of her twin brother, Angie Abernathy immersed herself in her painting to help her deal with her overwhelming grief. When her husband, John, finally convinces her to sort through some of Cory's belongings, she unexpectedly finds the closure she needs in the form of a map and a journal full of cryptic notes. When the notes lead her to the bodily remains of six-year-old Mary Drake, the first of thirteen children who went missing three years ago, Angie finds herself caught up in her own investigation and quickly starts to believe that Mary's bones aren't as dead as they seem to be...
Content warning: This story contains mature themes, including references to the murder of children