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3. "The Running Grave," by J. K. Rowling ,writing as Robert Galbraith, 2023.

Sun Aug 11, 2024, 10:56 AM

Aug 2024

This is number 8 in her Cormoran Strike crime fiction series. His agency is hired to find out about a young man who has joined a high control, secretive cult. Very good recorded version available.

I've heard that Rowling is controversial for her stance on transgender. Not sure about that, but this book is engrossing for anyone interested in the mind manipulation of cults. It references real non-fiction studies of cults by authors, Steven Hassan (Combating Cult Mind Control) and Robert Jay Lifton (Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism). So--more to explore on the topic.

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