A New Horror Novel, 'Reprieve'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 28, 2021

The new novel, Reprieve, tells the story of a terrifying escape room challenge gone wrong when someone breaks in and murderers one of the participants. Publisher’s Weekly calls the novel, “A canny use of horror as metaphor for themes of guilt, race, and sexuality.” Author James Han Mattson joins us to discuss.

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