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Secrets, Lies & Chat, by Yvette Moore and Greg Tingle

Apart from the extraordinary tale, of Secrets, Lies & Chat; the most amazing thing about this book is the apparent ordinariness of the author.

A suburban woman embarks on an adventure precipitated only by her at first, involvement, and then obsession with, online chatting. Sounds harmless? Not!

The work is a no-frills account, hyperbole not needed. The story in its simplicity and honesty is sufficiently chilling.

This is not fiction - it's a true story and an absolute page-turner.

Catalysed by the anonymity of online chatting, Vena recalls her horrendous relationships with clarity and detail.

Vena McGrath in fact provides us with a story she probably needed to tell for intrinsic reasons. But I think she's doing "the world" a service by exposing an unbelievable scenario for "chatters", would be chatters and folks at large.

Don't believe all of those "feel good", love on the Internet, pseudo-articles aka advertorials, you read about in the broadsheets - Vena tells and experiences all of what online chatting and often, dating, can be. Vena's candour is refreshing and real. She doesn't paint a sanitised picture.

Could this book create an avalanche of victims "fessing up", and subsequently bring down the Internet dating business, exposing it for what it is - Dangerous!

A pedestrian pastime? Think again.

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