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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Dark Mode
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'Is it paranoia - or is someone watching?

'For years, Reagan Carsen has kept her life offline. No socials. No internet presence. No photos. Safe.

'Until the day she stumbles on a shocking murder in a Sydney laneway. The victim looks just like her.

'Coincidence?

'As more murders shake the city and she's increasingly drawn out from hiding, Reagan is forced to confront her greatest fear.

'She's been found.

'A riveting psychological thriller drawn from true events, Dark Mode delves into the terrifying reality of the dark web, and the price we pay for surrendering our privacy one click at a time.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 8 March 2023
      ISBN: 9781761151255
    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2024 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 6 March 2024
      ISBN: 9781761152368
Form: audiobook
    • Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Wavesound , 2023 .
      Extent: 8 CDs; 9 hours and 9 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 March 2023
      ISBN: 9781004121922, 9781004121939 (MP3 CD)

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Works about this Work

Book Review : Dark Mode, Ashley Kalagian Blunt Cherie Gilmour , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2023;

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel

'Put down your phone and read this book instead about the dangers of the dark web.'

The Wider Web : A Topical Début Thriller Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 451 2023; (p. 28)

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel

'An early-morning jogger. An alleyway. A young woman’s mutilated body. A set-up familiar enough to warrant its own Television Tropes category (‘Jogger Finds Death’). Yet before catching sight of the latter-day Black Dahlia being pecked at by ibises somewhere off Enmore Road, unlucky passer-by Reagan Carsen is caught in a spider’s web: a simple but effective visual metaphor for the wider web that connects her to the first victim of the fictional ‘Sydney Dahlia’ serial killings.' (Introduction)

Ashley Kalagian Blunt Dark Mode Karen Chisholm , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2023;

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel
'This fierce, unflinching thriller asks timely questions about threatening behaviour. Why don’t we recognise it? Stop it?' (Introduction)
Ashley Kalagian Blunt Dark Mode Karen Chisholm , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2023;

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel
'This fierce, unflinching thriller asks timely questions about threatening behaviour. Why don’t we recognise it? Stop it?' (Introduction)
The Wider Web : A Topical Début Thriller Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 451 2023; (p. 28)

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel

'An early-morning jogger. An alleyway. A young woman’s mutilated body. A set-up familiar enough to warrant its own Television Tropes category (‘Jogger Finds Death’). Yet before catching sight of the latter-day Black Dahlia being pecked at by ibises somewhere off Enmore Road, unlucky passer-by Reagan Carsen is caught in a spider’s web: a simple but effective visual metaphor for the wider web that connects her to the first victim of the fictional ‘Sydney Dahlia’ serial killings.' (Introduction)

Book Review : Dark Mode, Ashley Kalagian Blunt Cherie Gilmour , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2023;

— Review of Dark Mode Ashley Kalagian Blunt , 2023 single work novel

'Put down your phone and read this book instead about the dangers of the dark web.'

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