Six Stories: A Thriller: 1

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Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. Each Six Stories book is a single self-contained case told over the featured Six Stories series in each individual book and can easily be read as a standalone. I will say that there are certain events that have happened to Scott King throughout the series that, in Beast, he does allude to and mention but, it doesn’t impact the case and it isn’t necessary to have read the other books in the series. 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. Beast is a flawless thriller but once again Matt Wesolowski does not hesitate to turn the spotlight on human flaws: the need for attention, to be liked and to get likes, the total disregard for other people’s feelings, and snowball effect that may have.

The fourth is "Lunch at the Gotham Café." A little better and has violence and gore. Again, a man's wife leaves him and they meet at a NYC restaurant to discuss her grievances with her therapist as a mediator. All goes haywire when a looney Maitre'D goes psycho with a butcher knife. Was this planned by his soon to be ex? Demon is the sixth and latest book the Six Stories series written by Matt Wesolowski, featuring journalist Scott King as he interviews six different witnesses of a cold case on his true-crime podcast, Six Stories. In this book, the focus is on what really happened to Sydney Parsons in 1995. Some stories are inherently more tragic. “People say Henry was stone-hearted. Uncaring,” Jane Seymour (Abby Mueller) says. “And I’m not sure he was.” The story itself is a beautifully twisted tale, slowly slowly things are revealed, each “episode” bringing new information to light, not necessarily traditionally but through the reader slowly coming to know the players involved in this drama. The setting is stunningly drawn, often insanely creepy, the mythology and legend embedded into the plot makes it so much more than just a mystery – it kind of gets under your skin, whilst it is not sudden jump scary you find yourself switching the light on when you awake at 3am because you feel like something is hovering. Really beautifully done.

Told in a series of interviews with people who knew the woman and the young men convicted of her murder, Beast explores the dark secrets of a struggling small town. The author artfully gives us glimpses of a dark truth, obscured by deceit, weakness and outright malice. He has a brilliant ear for local dialogue, for the rhythm and cadence of genuine speech. And he builds an unnerving, oppressive atmosphere through a wonderfully creepy set of encounters with a sinister spirit who stalks the shadows. A relentless and original work of modern rural noir which beguiles and unnerves in equal measure. Matt Wesolowski is a major talent’ Eva Dolan

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Now – about 10 years ago I stumbled on a documentary called Capturing the Friedmans. And that one really was the podcast format in Six Stories is a big riff on (or : rip-off of) a real life one called Serial which I had not heard of but is I now realise a Big Thing. I may be barking up the wrong tree here but Serial sounded quite like the radio version of Making a Murderer (Netflix series) and The Staircase Murders before that. These shows investigate real life crimes & tease out all the complexities and interrogate witnesses and evidence.