The Unbecoming
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MatureComplete Mon, Dec 21, 201518m
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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