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Violence
A lot
A shooting, murder, and sustained thriller violence throughout
Language
Some
Moderate language in a crime thriller register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual manipulation at the center of the plot
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A man who cannot stop doubting his own judgment, a woman who may or may not be exactly what she appears, the cost of a single act of violence
What this book is about
State trooper Bobby Dodge responds to a hostage crisis — a man holding a gun to his wife's head. Bobby shoots and kills the man. He's cleared of wrongdoing. But Catherine, the wife, gets under his skin: something about her story doesn't add up, and Bobby begins to think the wrong person survived. Lisa Gardner's thriller is a tight, dark psychological procedural built around the question of what a man will do when he realizes he might have been played.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
graphic crime violence
sexual manipulation as plot device
morally complex protagonist making fatal choices
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