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The Cursed Manuscripts

By: Iain Rob Wright

Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons

Jurassic Park meets Silence of the Lambs...

Simon "Sim" Barker runs a successful True Crime YouTube channel with his girlfriend, Chrissy. One day, after completing their latest episode, they are approached by Billionaire Tech Industrialist Evers Nealy, who asks them to endorse his latest–Top Secret–project.

Reluctantly agreeing, they are taken to a private island in the English Channel and given a private tour of a brand new facility nicknamed "The Keep."

What they find inside is beyond their wildest dreams. And worst nightmares. More than 30 sadistic serial killers all gathered in one place. What could go wrong?

©2022 Iain Rob Wright (P)2025 Iain Rob Wright

Just OK

I love everything IRW publishes. There's never a "bad" book, in my opinion. The potential to be great was there, but it fell a bit flat for me. I feel like the characters were unrelatable with the premise far-fetched. It's worth the credit, but I won't listen to it twice.

Fun concept, somewhat lackluster execution

The idea of Jurassic Park but with serial killers sounded like a fun, intriguing read. The book wasn’t bad but I felt like the story/concept could’ve been explored a lot more so it ended up lacking depth and cohesiveness.

Good story, horrible audio narrator

Good story (not exactly great). Not horribly original (you will probably know what is going to happen before it happens). Aubrey Parsons voice is grating and the volume rises and falls in ridiculous waves.