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Witch Hunt by SM Reine (2014)

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Review by CJ

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Page count:
234 pages

Format:
Kindle ebook

ASIN:
B00I9IM9MW

 

Office of Preternatural Affairs Agent Cèsar Hawke wakes up after a night of drinking with a hangover and a dead waitress in his bathroom. Neither his agency or local law enforcement believe Cèsar is innocent and his own memory was compromised by alcohol. If he is to get out of this, Cèsar must team up with his partner Suzy and the necrocognitive Isobel to reveal what actually happened.

Witch Hunt is the first book in the Preternatural Affairs series.

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The Invitation (2015)

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Director:
Karyn Kusama

Starring:
Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michelle Krusiec, Mike Doyle, Jordi Vilasuso, Jay Larson, Lindsay Burdge, John Carroll Lynch, Marieh Delfino

Running time:
100 minutes

 

Will (Marshall-Green) is invited by ex-wife Eden (Blanchard) and her new husband David (Huisman) to a dinner party reunion. Also invited are friends of Will and Eden, who haven’t seen the couple since the death of their son over two years.

Will starts to notice that everything isn’t as it seems while the behaviour of the hosts and other guests gradually becomes more bizarre.

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (2015)

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Page count:
409 [excluding acknowledgments]

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
978-0-552-77977-7

 

Rachel is an alcoholic who commutes to and from London every day on the train. On her commute she passes the house in which she lived with her now ex-husband. He still lives there with his new wife and baby. To distract herself from looking in on her old life, she creates an idealised fantasy world for the couple she often sees a couple of doors down. When the wife in this couple goes missing, Rachel finds herself inserted into the investigation both by circumstances and then through her own continued bad choices. But will Rachel find the truth or will her alcohol addled brain only show her what she thinks she knows?

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What Comes From The Earth by Kris Holt (2016)

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Page count:
240

Format:
eBook

ASIN:
B01EOR1PI0

 

Sithembile ‘Sithi’ Nzeogwu is a union representative for a platinum mining township in South Africa. After years of abuse at the hands of his father and older brother, current police chief Baako Nzeogwu, Sithi defends those who cannot defend themselves. But when corrupt police spark the powder keg of already disgruntled mine workers, who will be there to defend Sithi?

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The Shallows (2016)

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Review by CJ

The Shallows

Director:
Jaume Collet-Serra

Starring:
Blake Lively, Sully Seagull

Other notable appearances:
A really big great white shark

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Jaws, The Reef, Bait

 

Nancy (Lively) travels to a secret Mexican beach to surf and mourn her mother who had travelled to the same beach while pregnant with her. While there, Nancy unwittingly swims into the territory of a great white shark and is marooned 200 yards from the shore. Nancy must fight for her life against the elements, her injuries and one of the world’s oldest predators.

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