{"product_id":"9781910633977-hydra","title":"Hydra","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore Scarclaw Fell, there was HYDRA.Another episode in the Serial-style SIX STORIES series, as Scott King investigates the `Macleod Massacre', in which Arla Macleod bludgeons her own family to death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElusive online investigative journalist Scott King investigates the case of Arla Macleod, who bludgeoned her family to death, in another episode of the chilling, award-winning Six Stories series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Bold, clever and genuinely chilling with a terrific twist that provides an explosive final punch’ \u003cb\u003eDeidre O’Brien, \u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A genuine genre-bending debut’ \u003cb\u003eCarla McKay, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finish’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA family massacre\u003cbr\u003eA deluded murderess\u003cbr\u003eFive witnesses\u003cbr\u003eSix stories\u003cbr\u003eWhich one is true?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne cold November night in 2014, in a small town in the north west of England, 21-year-old Arla Macleod bludgeoned her mother, father and younger sister to death with a hammer, in an unprovoked attack known as the Macleod Massacre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow incarcerated at a medium-security mental-health institution, Arla will speak to no one but Scott King, an investigative journalist, whose \u003ci\u003eSix Stories\u003c\/i\u003e podcasts have become an internet sensation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing finds himself immersed in an increasingly complex case, interviewing five witnesses and Arla herself, as he questions whether Arla’s responsibility for the massacre was a diminished as her legal team made out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he unpicks the stories, he finds himself thrust into a world of deadly forbidden ‘games’, online trolls, and the mysterious black-eyed kids, whose presence seems to extend far beyond the delusions of a murderess…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, chilling and gripping, \u003ci\u003eHydra\u003c\/i\u003e is both a classic murder mystery and an up-to-the-minute, startling thriller, that shines light in places you may never, ever want to see again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Six Stories series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted … an exceptional storyteller' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Michael Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully written, smart, compassionate – and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction’ \u003cb\u003eAlex North\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Wonderfully horrifying … the suspense crackles’ \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Original, inventive and dazzlingly clever’ \u003cb\u003eFiona Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like dark origami to reveal the black heart inside’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Marshall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction’ \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure’ \u003cb\u003eM W Craven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Readers of Kathleen Barber’s \u003ci\u003eAre You Sleeping \u003c\/i\u003eand fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novel’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A relentless and original work of modern rural noir which beguiles and unnerves in equal measure. 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