Small Things Like These. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 2021 book
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Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, 2021
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Tim Mielants, 2024

In 1985, a devoted father named Bill Furlong stumbles upon unsettling secrets concealed by the local convent, unraveling shocking truths about both the institution and his own life.


We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1962 book
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson, 1962
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Stacie Passon, 2018

18-year-old Mary Katherine Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her older sister Constance and their ailing uncle Julian. Constance has not left the house in the six years since she was tried and acquitted of the death of her parents by poisoning. Every Tuesday, Merricat goes to the village to shop while the villagers harass her.


Sacrifice. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Sacrifice
Sharon J. Bolton, 2008
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Peter A. Dowling, 2016

Upon moving to the Shetland Islands with her husband, obstetrician Tora Hamilton makes a shocking discovery – the body of a young girl buried deep in the soil surrounding their new home. Despite being advised to leave the body alone, Tora investigates and soon realizes the presence of ominous connections to an age-old legend.