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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne (2017)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
320

ISBN:
9780735213005

 

When the child abductor, rapist and murderer known as the Marsh King escapes from his maximum security prison, it throws Helena’s world upside down.

Helena’s husband and daughters don’t know that Helena is the Marsh King’s daughter; that Helena was born two years into her mother’s 14 year captivity; or that Helena is the only person who can out hunt, out track and outsmart the Marsh King. But the Marsh King knows … and he’s coming home.

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Overwatch by Matthew Betley (2016)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
389

ISBN:
9781925533941

Former Marine and current alcoholic Logan West has had his fair share of hangovers. Though none quite compare to awakening hungover to an intruder with connections to a group bent on starting World War III. Logan must work with former teammates and unlikely allies if he is to stop the shadows of his past from darkening everyone’s future.

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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (2017)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
368

ISBN:
9780141375632

 

When five students attend detention and only four leave alive, the surviving students are thrown into the spotlight as suspects in the deceased’s murder investigation.

When it’s discovered that the deceased was going to publicly reveal secrets that could ruin the four survivors, the geek, the jock, the princess and the criminal must work out which of them is capable of murder.

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Dig Two Graves (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Hunter Adams

Starring:
Samantha Isler, Ted Levine, Danny Goldring, Troy Ruptash, Mark Lancaster, Dean Evans

Other notable appearances:
Ryan Kitley, Ben Schneider, Kara Zediker, Gabriel Cain

Running time:
85 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, The Woman in Black

 

Jake (Isler) misses her recently deceased brother dearly. So much so that she begins to consider a strange offer made by local moonshiners. An offer that will change how she sees herself and the world forever.

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When A Stranger Calls (2006)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Simon West

Starring:
Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Lance Henriksen

Other notable appearances:
Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Clark Gregg, David Denman, Dianna Agron

Running time:
87 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Halloween, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Orphan

 

Jill Johnson (Belle) has been made to take a babysitting job at a large, isolated house as punishment for overusing her mobile phone. While there, Jill starts to receive menacing phone calls from an unknown caller who is about to make themselves very known.

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