Young 16 year old boy, James Chapman, is the most artist in his whole family and wants to be as good as Picasso one day. Since he was small, he would draw many things, but the one thing he drew the most was vortexes. It scared his parents, but he loved the idea of jumping into them to escape their abuse. One day, he runs away and finds a loving couple who takes him in. There he finds a familiar picture of a vortex in the attic and realises that it's the first drawing he ever made. Something was off...
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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