Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Six Stories - Matt Wesolowski



Kindle Edition
Publisher: Orenda
Published: 15/03/17
Pages: 420
Amazon Uk Link: Here
GoodReads Link: Here

Six Stories - Matt Wesolowski

1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who took that fateful trip, and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby.

2017. Enter elusive investigative journalist Scott King, whose podcast examinations of complicated cases have rivalled the success of Serial, with his concealed identity making him a cult internet figure.

In a series of six interviews, King attempts to work out how the dynamics of a group of idle teenagers conspired with the sinister legends surrounding the fell to result in Jeffries' mysterious death. And who's to blame… As every interview unveils a new revelation, you'll be forced to work out for yourself how Tom Jeffries died, and who is telling the truth. A chilling, unpredictable and startling thriller, Six Stories is also a classic murder mystery with a modern twist, and a devastating ending.

And now for something completely different....

Its not often that you find a completely different, original book that completely blows you away, many have tried and many have failed but Matt Wesolowski nails it on with his debut novel, Six Stories.

I tend to avoid books that are splashed all over Twitter with nothing but 5 star reviews. I am always slightly suspicious, verging on paranoid when it comes to ARC reviews, But that's another conversation for another day.

Anyway, I had nothing to read and saw this was 99p on Amazon, what did I have to lose?. The answer was nothing. In fact what I gained was a highly original, well thought out book, that kept me hooked from the first word to the last with a fantastic ending that left me wanting more. In fact after finishing the book I broke my golden rule of not spending more than 99p on a book and I bought the second book, Hydra.

Lots of other reviews compare it to the American podcast Serial, but it is so much more than that.
A highly recommended book that will have you thinking about it for sometime after reading. Buy it.

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