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Others

Detective Nicholas Dismas follows a stolen baby’s trail to a nursing home called Perfect Rest. Hidden rooms conceal the Others, whose existence threatens his understanding of himself.

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Nicholas Dismas is a private investigator, but like no other that has gone before him. He is hired to find a missing baby and his investigation leads him to discover the dark secret of the "Others", and to resolve the enigma of his own existence.

First published: 1999
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages: 512
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Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

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Disturbing: Upsetting ideas and lingering psychological impact.
Weird: Surreal, strange and reality-bending elements.

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