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True crime can leave a false trail.
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was never solved, but she's sure that the three kids who found Mr. Larkin's body know more than they're telling, especially her ex-best friend Tripp Talbot. He's definitely hiding something.
When Brynn gets an internship working on a popular true-crime show, she decides to investigate what really happened that day in the woods. But the further she dives into the past, the more secrets she finds.
Four years ago someone got away with murder. Now it's time to uncover the truth.
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was never solved, but she's sure that the three kids who found Mr. Larkin's body know more than they're telling, especially her ex-best friend Tripp Talbot. He's definitely hiding something.
When Brynn gets an internship working on a popular true-crime show, she decides to investigate what really happened that day in the woods. But the further she dives into the past, the more secrets she finds.
Four years ago someone got away with murder. Now it's time to uncover the truth.
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* TheAlcoholic: Tripp deals with the stress of finding Mr Larkin's body by having "bad nights" where he drinks ''way'' too much. [[spoiler:Thinking your father is a murderer whose crime you covered up will do that. It gets worse after he and Brynn find Mr Solomon's body, as the added trauma makes him go through a truly startling amount of Jim Beam while taking time off school and work with a "fever." This seems to taper off after he finds out his father was innocent.]]
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-->'''Tripp:''' [[spoiler:Cool. Glad I alienated you for no reason whatsoever.]]
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* IronicEcho: Tripp finds a video his mother made for a true crime show implying he's a psychopath who could well be the killer, with a comment from the show's presenter; "Love it. Can we try it with tears?" Walking away as his mother screams excuses at him, Tripp only says, "Try it with tears."
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-->'''Lisa Marie:''' [[spoiler:We were building a story line, Trey. You'd have come out of it smelling like a rose if you'd just listened to me.]]
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Tripp refuses to be involved in ''Don't Do The Crime'''s piece on the Larkin murder, his mother implies he'll become the subject instead. [[spoiler:Sure enough, later he funds a video on her phone implying he's a psychopath who might have committed the murder.]]
-->'''Lisa Marie:''' If you don't tell your side of the story, [Gunnar Fox]'ll tell it for you.\\
'''Tripp:''' Is that a threat?\\
'''Lisa Marie:''' Of course not. But don't you want to control your own narrative?
-->'''Lisa Marie:''' If you don't tell your side of the story, [Gunnar Fox]'ll tell it for you.\\
'''Tripp:''' Is that a threat?\\
'''Lisa Marie:''' Of course not. But don't you want to control your own narrative?
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* TheAlibi: Tripp, Shane and Charlotte found Mr Larkin's body in the woods behind the school. As they all state that they were together the whole time, meaning none of them could be the killer. [[spoiler:In fact Tripp came across the other two with the body after being on his own. Thinking his father was the killer, Tripp told them to stick to their story and the other two followed his lead. In fact, the killer was Charlotte, who snuck up on Larkin before Shane arrived, and the story Tripp came up with played right into her hands.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler:Uncle Nick saves Ellie from Dexter Robbins by running him down with his car. As he was already injured from a previous crash where he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, this ends with Nick in a coma. HeGetsBetter, and as Robbins was threatening Ellie with a shotgun it's ruled as a defensive killing.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Shane Delgado. Finding out that William Larkin a.k.a. Robbins came to Sturgis looking for his missing brother, a boy about their age, Brynn and Tripp wonder if it's Shane; Shane was adopted from foster care (which could be a cover story), and Larkin could have been killed during a confrontation. In fact, the missing Robbins boy is Brynn's friend Mason, who was out of town for the murder.]]
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* RedHerring: RedHerring:
** [[spoiler:Shane Delgado. Finding out that William Larkin a.k.a. Robbins came to Sturgis looking for his missing brother, a boy about their age, Brynn and Tripp wonder if it's Shane; Shane was adopted from foster care (which could be a cover story), and Larkin could have been killed during a confrontation. In fact, the missing Robbins boy is Brynn's friend Mason, who was out of town for the murder.]]
** [[spoiler:Mr Solomon, former school caretaker is murdered in his house shortly after telling Brynn and Tripp that Mr Larkin deserved to die. They assume his death must be connected to Mr Larkin's, but in fact, Tripp's deadbeat mother killed Mr Solomon after he caught her robbing his house.]]
** [[spoiler:Shane Delgado. Finding out that William Larkin a.k.a. Robbins came to Sturgis looking for his missing brother, a boy about their age, Brynn and Tripp wonder if it's Shane; Shane was adopted from foster care (which could be a cover story), and Larkin could have been killed during a confrontation. In fact, the missing Robbins boy is Brynn's friend Mason, who was out of town for the murder.]]
** [[spoiler:Mr Solomon, former school caretaker is murdered in his house shortly after telling Brynn and Tripp that Mr Larkin deserved to die. They assume his death must be connected to Mr Larkin's, but in fact, Tripp's deadbeat mother killed Mr Solomon after he caught her robbing his house.]]
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Brynn Gallagher. Her sister Ellie is the same, but with brown eyes, and from a distance they're easily mistaken for each other. [[spoiler:This leads to Dexter Robbins kidnapping Ellie by mistake.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Implied to be William Larkin[[spoiler:a.k.a. William Robbins']]'s motive. [[spoiler:He took the job at Saint Ambrose to find his missing half-brother, planning to force a reconciliation to please his father. He didn't seem to consider or care how his brother might feel about any of this or how it might affect him, only that William's father finally be proud of him.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Implied to be William Larkin[[spoiler:a.k.a. William Robbins']]'s motive. [[spoiler:He took the job at Saint Ambrose to find his missing half-brother, planning to force a reconciliation to please his father. He didn't seem to consider or care how his brother might feel about any of this or how it might affect him, only that William's father finally be proud of him.]]]]
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->''"It's dangerous, and if you keep going, you might learn something you'd rather not know."''
-->-- '''Charlotte Holbrook'''
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->''"It's dangerous, and if you keep going, you might learn something you'd rather not know."''
-->-- '''Charlotte Holbrook'''
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* MissingMom: Lisa Marie Talbot, Tripp's mother, left for Las Vegas when he was nine and only turns up every so often when she wants something. She arrives early in the novel and starts pestering him, [[spoiler:because she's been offered money to get him involved in ''Don't Do The Crime'', a sensationalist crime show that's doing a piece on the Larkin case. When he refuses, she makes a video at the presenter's suggestion indicating that Tripp himself may be the killer. Tripp finds the video on her phone, plus a burner phone she used to send him, Shane and Charlotte texts accusing them of murder.]]
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* MissingMom: Lisa Marie Talbot, Tripp's mother, left for Las Vegas when he was nine and only turns up every so often when she wants something. She arrives early in the novel and starts pestering him, [[spoiler:because she's been offered money to get him involved in ''Don't Do The Crime'', a sensationalist crime show that's doing a piece on the Larkin case. When he refuses, she makes a video at the presenter's suggestion indicating that Tripp himself may be the killer. Tripp finds the video on her phone, plus a burner phone she used to send him, Shane and Charlotte texts accusing them of murder. She also stole the field trip money that featured in Mr Larkin's murder investigation, and killed Mr Solomon while trying to rob his house.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Shane Delgado's famously relaxed attitude, and his habit of napping in coatrooms. [[spoiler:This led to his leaving a classroom at just the right moment to be mistaken for the recipient of a certain piece of news that someone kills Mr Larkin to keep secret.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** Shane Delgado's famously relaxed attitude, and his habit of napping in coatrooms. [[spoiler:This led to his leaving a classroom at just the right moment to be mistaken for the recipient of a certain piece of news that someone kills Mr Larkin to keep secret.]]
** Mr Solomon's habit of keeping his money in a fishing tackle box. [[spoiler:Tripp's mother broke into Mr Solomon's house to steal it and ended up killing him.]]
** Shane Delgado's famously relaxed attitude, and his habit of napping in coatrooms. [[spoiler:This led to his leaving a classroom at just the right moment to be mistaken for the recipient of a certain piece of news that someone kills Mr Larkin to keep secret.]]
** Mr Solomon's habit of keeping his money in a fishing tackle box. [[spoiler:Tripp's mother broke into Mr Solomon's house to steal it and ended up killing him.]]
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KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Charlotte Holbrook, the real killer. After everything, the only evidence that she did anything wrong is a handwriting match with the letter accusing Mr Larkin of theft. Given that AssholeVictim is in play, Brynn seriously considers letting it go, but then reasons that never facing consequences results in people like Lisa Marie, and resolves to see at least some justice done.]]
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MissingMom: Lisa Marie Talbot, Tripp's mother, left for Las Vegas when he was nine and only turns up every so often when she wants something. She arrives early in the novel and starts pestering him, [[spoiler:because she's been offered money to get him involved in ''Don't Do The Crime'', a sensationalist crime show that's doing a piece on the Larkin case. When he refuses, she makes a video at the presenter's suggestion indicating that Tripp himself may be the killer. Tripp finds the video on her phone, plus a burner phone she used to send him, Shane and Charlotte texts accusing them of murder.]]
-->'''Lisa Marie:''' [[spoiler:[''On video''] I think I knew, from an early age, that Noah wasn't like other kids. I was so afraid of his temper. It's why I left. When I heard about his teacher, all I could think was-is this it? Did what I've been afraid of for so long finally happen?]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:After Tripp finds her video for ''Don't Do The Crime'', his mother just says that she wouldn't "have to" if he'd gone along with her plan to throw his friends under the bus for money.]]
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-->'''Lisa Marie:''' [[spoiler:[''On video''] I think I knew, from an early age, that Noah wasn't like other kids. I was so afraid of his temper. It's why I left. When I heard about his teacher, all I could think was-is this it? Did what I've been afraid of for so long finally happen?]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:After Tripp finds her video for ''Don't Do The Crime'', his mother just says that she wouldn't "have to" if he'd gone along with her plan to throw his friends under the bus for money.]]
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* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: Shane Delgado's fingerprints were on the rock used to kill Mr Larkin, because he picked it up before realising what it was. Or so he, Tripp and Charlotte claim. As it turns out, [[spoiler:it's perfectly true]].
* ChekhovsGun: Shane Delgado's famously relaxed attitude, and his habit of napping in coatrooms. [[spoiler:This led to his leaving a classroom at just the right moment to be mistaken for the recipient of a certain piece of news that someone kills Mr Larkin to keep secret.]]
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PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:The reason Mr Larkin died. Charlotte heard him tell a fellow student that they were half brothers and he was going to reunite them with their dangerously abusive father. Mr Larkin then left the room, followed by Shane, leading Charlotte to the obvious conclusion. Charlotte tried to get Mr Larkin fired with an anonymous theft accusation, then killed him to protect Shane, but she was mistaken; Mr Larkin was speaking to Mason, Shane was asleep in the coatroom and walked out past his shellshocked classmate without noticing anything.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Shane Delgado. Finding out that William Larkin a.k.a. Robbins came to Sturgis looking for his missing brother, a boy about their age, Brynn and Tripp wonder if it's Shane; Shane was adopted from foster care (which could be a cover story), and Larkin could have been killed during a confrontation. In fact, the missing Robbins boy is Brynn's friend Mason, who was out of town for the murder.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Shane Delgado. Finding out that William Larkin a.k.a. Robbins came to Sturgis looking for his missing brother, a boy about their age, Brynn and Tripp wonder if it's Shane; Shane was adopted from foster care (which could be a cover story), and Larkin could have been killed during a confrontation. In fact, the missing Robbins boy is Brynn's friend Mason, who was out of town for the murder.]]
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Motive'', the true crime show Brynn interns for. Another, sleazier show, ''Don't Do The Crime'', comes up several times as it searches for sensationalist angles.
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->''"Anyway, they bring it on themselves. If people didn't lie and cheat, I'd be out of business."''
-->-- '''Simon''', fifteen minutes before being murdered.
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** Towards the end, [[spoiler:as well as being back at ''Movie'' ''Motive'' Brynn is being wooed by [[Literature/OneOfUsIsLying Mikhail Powers Investigates]].Investigates]].
* [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]]: The audience learns the basics of the Larkin case from Brynn's episode pitch at her ''Motive'' interview.
* [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]]: The audience learns the basics of the Larkin case from Brynn's episode pitch at her ''Motive'' interview.
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* RefugeInAudacity: After being fired from her old high school newspaper after being framed for posting dick pics, Brynn decides to lean into the notoriety by using that and nothing else for her ''Motive'' application. This got Carly's attention and made her laugh, getting Brynn the interview, where she doubled down by pitching an episode based on the Larkin murder.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:In the final chapter, Brynn finally confronts the person she's realised is the killer: Charlotte Holbrook, who thought Shane Delgado was William Larkin's missing brother who he was determined to reunite with a dangerous, abusive father. She killed Mr Larkin to protect him.]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: After being fired from her old high school newspaper after being framed for posting dick pics, Brynn decides to lean into the notoriety by using that and nothing else for her ''Motive'' application. This got Carly's attention and made her laugh, getting Brynn the interview, where she doubled down by pitching an episode based on the Larkin murder.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:In the final chapter, Brynn finally confronts the person she's realised is the killer: Charlotte Holbrook, who thought Shane Delgado was William Larkin's missing brother who he was determined to reunite with a dangerous, abusive father. She killed Mr Larkin to protect him.]]
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** Before the murder, Tripp made Brynn out to be one of these in front of everyone in Gym class to drive her away from him. [[spoiler:He did it to keep her from realising his father stole the field trip money... which in fact he didn't. Tripp is not happy to realise he drove his friend away for nothing.]]
** There's a strong case that Charlotte is one of these to Shane Delgado. Charlotte tells Brynn she wanted him because he ''didn't'' pursue her, which should perhaps be a clue that he's much less interested in their relationship than she is. The fact that she would always try to be close to him is a plot point many times.
** There's a strong case that Charlotte is one of these to Shane Delgado. Charlotte tells Brynn she wanted him because he ''didn't'' pursue her, which should perhaps be a clue that he's much less interested in their relationship than she is. The fact that she would always try to be close to him is a plot point many times.
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Released in 2022, ''Nothing More To Tell'' is the sixth novel by Creator/KarenMMcManus, the author of ''Literature/OneOfUsIsLying''.
NOTE: As the subject of this page is a newly-released mystery novel, this page has been heavily spoilered.
NOTE: As the subject of this page is a newly-released mystery novel, this page has been heavily spoilered.
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* TheChainOfHarm: [[spoiler:Brynn's decision to track down the pawn shop where Dexter Robbins works was a disaster. Not only does he prove to be the toxic-level psycho she's been warned, he sees his son's medallion on her keyring and chases her. She escapes, but he sees the license plate on her car, tacks her down and abducts her sister Ellie by mistake.]]
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* TheChainOfHarm: [[spoiler:Brynn's decision to track down the pawn shop where Dexter Robbins works was a disaster. Not only does he prove to be the toxic-level psycho she's been warned, he sees his son's medallion on her keyring and chases her. She escapes, but he sees the license plate on her car, tacks her down and abducts her sister Ellie by mistake. In the process of saving her, the girls' Uncle Nick ends up in a coma after killing Dexter with his car.]]
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* ContinuityNod: For the first time, all KarenMMcManus' novels are confirmed to share a continuity.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Tripp claims to have been in love with Brynn since early middle school. [[spoiler:They get together.]]
* ContinuityNod: For the first time, allKarenMMcManus' Creator/KarenMMcManus' novels are confirmed to share a continuity.
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After her actions lead to her sister's abduction and her Uncle Nick being in a medical coma, Brynn is bedridden with depression for days. It takes time, tears, a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre talk from Tripp and her uncle's recovery to bring her out of it.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Implied to be William Larkin[[spoiler:a.k.a. William Robbins']]'s motive. [[spoiler:He took the job at Saint Ambrose to find his missing half-brother, planning to force a reconciliation to please his father. He didn't seem to consider or care how his brother might feel about any of this or how it might affect him, only that William's father finally be proud of him.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Implied to be William Larkin[[spoiler:a.k.a. William Robbins']]'s motive. [[spoiler:He took the job at Saint Ambrose to find his missing half-brother, planning to force a reconciliation to please his father. He didn't seem to consider or care how his brother might feel about any of this or how it might affect him, only that William's father finally be proud of him.]]
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Four years ago someone got away with murder. Now it's time to uncover the truth . . .
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* AllForNothing: Two days before the murder, Tripp Talbot deliberately torpedoed his friendship with Brynn by calling her a stalker in front of everyone. [[spoiler:He did this to cover his father's theft of some field trip money, which Tripp found in their house and which Tripp thought Brynn had seen. Later, it becomes even more imperative to keep her off the trail as Tripp thinks his father killed Mr. Larkin to
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* AllForNothing: Two days before the murder, Tripp Talbot deliberately torpedoed his friendship with Brynn by calling her a stalker in front of everyone. [[spoiler:He did this to cover his father's theft of some field trip money, which Tripp found in their house and which Tripp thought Brynn had seen. Later, it becomes even more imperative to keep her off the trail as Tripp thinks his father killed Mr. Larkin to
to cover for the theft. Turns out Brynn hadn't even noticed the envelope, so he drove her away for nothing. ItGetsWorse: if Brynn and Tripp had been speaking, she could have told him his father was talking to her and her father for the whole murder window and couldn't have possibly done it. Tripp's cover-up caused him four years of distress, thinking his father was a killer.]]
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TheChainOfHarm: [[spoiler:Brynn's decision to track down the pawn shop where Dexter Robbins works was a disaster. Not only does he prove to be the toxic-level psycho she's been warned, he sees his son's medallion on her keyring and chases her. She escapes, but he sees the license plate on her car, tacks her down and abducts her sister Ellie by mistake.]]
-->'''Brynn:''' [[spoiler:I got my sister kidnapped. For a story.]]
* ContinuityNod: For the first time, all KarenMMcManus' novels are confirmed to share a continuity.
** Before Brynn's interview with ''Motive'', a fellow interviewee gushes about a previous episode examining [[Literature/TheCousins the Story case]].
** When Brynn is at a low ebb, Ellie shows her an interview with [[Literature/TwoCanKeepASecret Ellery]] for inspiration. Brynn thinks she sounds all over the place, but admires her passion.
** Brynn's Uncle Nick suggests she pitch [[Literature/YoullBeTheDeathOfMe the Carlton incident]] to ''Motive'' instead of the Larkin case.
** Towards the end, [[spoiler:as well as being back at ''Movie'' Brynn is being wooed by [[Literature/OneOfUsIsLying Mikhail Powers Investigates]].
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-->'''Brynn:''' [[spoiler:I got my sister kidnapped. For a story.]]
* ContinuityNod: For the first time, all KarenMMcManus' novels are confirmed to share a continuity.
** Before Brynn's interview with ''Motive'', a fellow interviewee gushes about a previous episode examining [[Literature/TheCousins the Story case]].
** When Brynn is at a low ebb, Ellie shows her an interview with [[Literature/TwoCanKeepASecret Ellery]] for inspiration. Brynn thinks she sounds all over the place, but admires her passion.
** Brynn's Uncle Nick suggests she pitch [[Literature/YoullBeTheDeathOfMe the Carlton incident]] to ''Motive'' instead of the Larkin case.
** Towards the end, [[spoiler:as well as being back at ''Movie'' Brynn is being wooed by [[Literature/OneOfUsIsLying Mikhail Powers Investigates]].
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[[caption-width-right:226:Do you have a favorite crime?]]
->''"Anyway, they bring it on themselves. If people didn't lie and cheat, I'd be out of business."''
-->-- '''Simon''', fifteen minutes before being murdered.
True crime can leave a false trail.
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was never solved, but she's sure that the three kids who found Mr. Larkin's body know more than they're telling, especially her ex-best friend Tripp Talbot. He's definitely hiding something.
When Brynn gets an internship working on a popular true-crime show, she decides to investigate what really happened that day in the woods. But the further she dives into the past, the more secrets she finds.
Four years ago someone got away with murder. Now it's time to uncover the truth . . .
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!!Tropes:
* AbusiveParent: [[spoiler:Dexter Robbins]] is a violent, misogynist religious fundamentalist who refused to get his asthmatic son medical care and locked his wife in the house. Still, she managed to slip away with their three-year-old son and start a new life in Sturgis. [[spoiler:The son is Brynn's friend Mason.]]
* AllForNothing: Two days before the murder, Tripp Talbot deliberately torpedoed his friendship with Brynn by calling her a stalker in front of everyone. [[spoiler:He did this to cover his father's theft of some field trip money, which Tripp found in their house and which Tripp thought Brynn had seen. Later, it becomes even more imperative to keep her off the trail as Tripp thinks his father killed Mr. Larkin to
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* ContinuityNod:
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[[caption-width-right:226:Do you have a favorite crime?]]
->''"Anyway, they bring it on themselves. If people didn't lie and cheat, I'd be out of business."''
-->-- '''Simon''', fifteen minutes before being murdered.
True crime can leave a false trail.
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was never solved, but she's sure that the three kids who found Mr. Larkin's body know more than they're telling, especially her ex-best friend Tripp Talbot. He's definitely hiding something.
When Brynn gets an internship working on a popular true-crime show, she decides to investigate what really happened that day in the woods. But the further she dives into the past, the more secrets she finds.
Four years ago someone got away with murder. Now it's time to uncover the truth . . .
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!!Tropes:
* AbusiveParent: [[spoiler:Dexter Robbins]] is a violent, misogynist religious fundamentalist who refused to get his asthmatic son medical care and locked his wife in the house. Still, she managed to slip away with their three-year-old son and start a new life in Sturgis. [[spoiler:The son is Brynn's friend Mason.]]
* AllForNothing: Two days before the murder, Tripp Talbot deliberately torpedoed his friendship with Brynn by calling her a stalker in front of everyone. [[spoiler:He did this to cover his father's theft of some field trip money, which Tripp found in their house and which Tripp thought Brynn had seen. Later, it becomes even more imperative to keep her off the trail as Tripp thinks his father killed Mr. Larkin to
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* ContinuityNod:
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