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Review | Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
She still doesn’t cry; deep in the shock of abandonment, she smooths the folds of her dress, examines her nails, and, as though expecting a return, stares out at the highway down…
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Review | Pine by Francine Toon
After her mother disappeared when she was a baby, Lauren is raised by her father Niall in a small village in the Scottish highlands. The villagers treat them strangely, she is bullied at…
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Review | Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
When their son suddenly dies, Richard and Juliette withdraw into themselves, stricken with trauma. They seek comfort elsewhere. Richard digs for a lost tree on a land rumoured to be cursed. Juliette enlists…
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Review | Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
Scott King, the host of the Six Stories podcast sets out to examine a case from 1997 where a teen was found dead at an outward bound centre. He interviews six people to…
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Review | Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Bram Stoker spends his childhood confined to his bed, caught in a mysterious illness. The only person able to heal him is his nanny, Ellen Crone. But after strange deaths occur in Bram’s…
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Review | The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
After shooting her husband dead with no explanation, famous artist Alicia has remained silent for six years. She is admitted to a secure forensic institution where no one has been able to get…
