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The Unknown: What Happens When a Mystery Explains Too Much
What happens when a mystery is more powerful before you know the answer?Riley Sager’s The Unknown begins with an irresistible premise: in 1926, five women living in a spiritualist commune disappear from an isolated Vermont island, leaving behind only their dresses hanging from the branches of a tree. A century later, a group of actresses arrives on the same island to recreate what happened.But the most interesting thing about the novel may not be its twists.This episode of The Book Brief Project looks at the strange connection between actresses, spiritualist mediums and thriller writers —…
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