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Violence
Some
Murder; investigation of a hidden past; confrontation
Language
Barely any
Period-appropriate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; the businessman's relationships
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; the culture of the period and its drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; what men did during the Great War and the war after the war; the fortunes built on others' suffering; Rutledge's Hamish making every judgment harder
What this book is about
The eleventh Ian Rutledge mystery: a wealthy businessman is found murdered in a particularly theatrical setting, and his backstory collapses under investigation. Rutledge's investigation leads into the shadowy period between the wars when fortunes were made in ways that didn't bear examination. The Todds write the 1920s business world with their characteristic historical precision.
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