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Violence
A lot
A murder in a politically charged context; the investigation is conducted in a hostile community
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking in the community context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific difficulty of a murder investigation that is politically weighted from the start; Banks's ability to move between the official and unofficial worlds of the investigation
What this book is about
A political demonstration outside a nuclear base in the Yorkshire Dales turns violent, and a police officer is stabbed to death in the chaos. DI Alan Banks investigates in the community of protesters and locals — a world where everybody resents the police and where the political context makes straightforward investigation impossible. Peter Robinson's third Banks novel is his most politically engaged, dealing with the 1980s tensions around nuclear weapons and police tactics in ways that are specific to the period.
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