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Violence
A lot
Child murder investigation; crime scenes described with forensic detail
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Brief reference to substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Psychologically intense serial killer case involving children; themes of grief and justice
What this book is about
When a long-sought serial killer from Canada turns up dead in Charlotte, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan must partner with Montreal detective Andrew Ryan to investigate. But new child murders matching the killer's method suggest a copycat — or something far more disturbing. The seventeenth Brennan novel is a taut serial killer thriller.
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Child murder investigation
Serial killer themes
Forensic detail
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