The Unbecoming
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We all have secrets. Some of them deadlier than others, some of them we will never tell, and there are secrets which should be forgotten...
Ida Coulthurst is a patient at the Manchester Lunatic Asylum; the sole survivor of the Coulthurst Manor tragedy, Ida's past is a blur and the only thing she retained from that 'incident' is a voice.
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