Dakota Jenkins: Jenkins, D: SMILE jeremy gilbert (MYSTERY), Flexibler Einband

Blurb

Jeremy Gilbert was the kind of guy everyone in town liked-a friendly neighbor, a reliable co-worker, and the life of the party at any local gathering. His charming smile had a way of putting people at ease, making him seem like he had no worries in the world. But behind that perfect grin, Jeremy carried a secret he'd spent years burying deep. When he's found dead in his home, his signature smile still fixed eerily on his face, the small town of Grayson is thrown into chaos. The death, ruled a suicide at first, feels wrong to those who knew him. Enter Mallory Dean, a local journalist who knew Jeremy better than most. She remembers the cryptic conversations they had in recent months, hints of something troubling beneath his cheerful demeanor. Mallory can't shake the feeling that Jeremy's death was no accident. As she starts digging into his life, she discovers a series of strange photographs Jeremy had been collecting-each featuring a different person in town with the same unnerving, forced smile. The more Mallory investigates, the more she realizes Jeremy was onto something sinister, something that connected some of the town's most upstanding citizens. The deeper she delves, the more Mallory feels the walls closing in. The smiles Jeremy captured were no coincidence-they were warnings, clues to a mystery that no one wanted uncovered. As Mallory edges closer to the truth, she finds herself being watched, her every move shadowed by someone determined to keep the town's darkest secrets hidden. In Grayson, where everyone wears a smile, Mallory must untangle a chilling web of lies before Jeremy's fate becomes her own. Because in this town, not every smile is meant to be friendly-some are meant to silence.