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Violence
A lot
Child victims in a religious setting; violence within the community
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; the message in the bottle as the series' most haunting opening device; what a closed religious community does to children; the time-pressure investigation of events that already happened
What this book is about
The third Department Q novel: a bottle is found with a message inside, written years ago by a child asking for help. Carl and Assad trace the message to a religious community and discover what happened to the children who were there. Adler-Olsen's third novel uses the religious setting to examine what faith can be used to justify.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Child victims in a religious community
The message in the bottle reveals past abuse
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