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Almost a pick. A Halloween read. Three acquaintances (a criminal, a crime writer and an ex-cop) go to an exclusive place to eat that is impossible to get to, or escape from.
A dark macabre tale (that is truly gruesome) but lightened with comedy. The characters are stock but the twists and the plot picking pace makes this matter less.
When the office door opened suddenly, I knew the game was up.
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"So, she went from being the child of a village, loved and nurtured by all, to being a child of nothing and no one, with a swiftness that left scars so deep they might never heal."
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The book isn't a novelisation of the 2025 movie, but it was released at around the time it was in production, so I've borrowed a film poster image ?
"Ilonka Pawluck checked herself out in the mirrorand decided she didn't look like she was going to die."
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“Moscow, Idaho, is a nook in the northern forests, a college town most of the year and a working-class whistle-stop for the rest of it.”
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It is Mary and Elizabeth, two women, very poor, very tired, working out in the fields.
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"Monuments matter most to pigeons and soldiers."
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“I‘d never expected to lose nearly everyone I loved by the time I was twenty-five.”
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Dear Kath, I got your gift.
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A gorgeous cover for a lovely book. One of the authors in RN Bookshow‘s Top 100 Books of the Century
