COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER GUY

Lyssa has been planning this moment for years.

Lyssa came to kill Jason White—her rapist, protected by a powerful family. But he's already dead on the school floor the night she goes to murder him.

Someone beat her to it.

Now she must find the killer before being framed for the murder. In a town where the Whites bury evidence and bodies, suspects abound. Each has blood on their hands.

The real question isn't who killed Jason White. It's whether they deserve to get away with it.

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Hi, I'm Marnie.

I grew up in Moore, Oklahoma, where a massive tornado swept down the plains and destroyed my childhood home. I've been writing dark and twisty stories ever since. I love weaving tales where nothing is as it seems, and darkness lurks just below the surface. I have held various job titles over the years, ranging from a self-defense instructor to a funeral director’s apprentice, both of which inform my writing to this day. And, no, unfortunately I wasn’t named after the film by famed master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, but sometimes I tell people I was anyway. It’s just too good of a coincidence to pass up.

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