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Mum’s the word

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Secrets threaten to tear people, relationships, families, even countries, apart.

‘Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ It’s a quote attributed to US founding father and polymath Benjamin Franklin in the mid-18th century. And it remains as cuttingly poignant now as it was then. In these books, secrets weigh heavy as vultures circle and tension mounts.