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Violence
Some
Violence including murder; crime thriller intensity
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content in domestic context
Substance Use
Barely any
Some substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Sustained psychological suspense and the horror of not being able to trust your own memory
What this book is about
Karen wakes up in the hospital after an accident with no memory of driving to a bad part of town. The police are investigating a murder nearby. Her husband Tom tries to protect her — but what is she hiding? Lapena's thriller weaves between Tom's perspective and the investigation in a tightly wound domestic suspense novel.
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Amnesia thriller
Murder investigation
Psychological suspense
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