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Violence
A lot
Brutal family murder at the center; graphic crime scene description
Language
Some
Strong language consistent with French's adult crime fiction
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Masculine identity, financial collapse, and the horror of a man who cannot admit failure
What this book is about
Detective Mick 'Scorcher' Kennedy investigates a brutal murder at a half-built housing estate — a father is dead, the mother barely alive, children killed. The case connects to Mick's own buried past in ways he can't avoid. French's fourth Dublin Murder Squad novel is her most psychologically brutal, exploring masculine fragility and the terror of economic collapse.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Graphic family murder
Psychological horror
Child deaths
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