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Violence
Some
Two deaths and their investigation; the student's backstory involves financial exploitation
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Some adult content in the student's situation
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific vulnerability of a young woman using her appearance to address financial desperation; the question of who is responsible when that goes badly
What this book is about
Two apparently unrelated deaths — a young student found dead in her car wearing expensive clothes she couldn't afford, and an older man found on the moors in a doctor's coat — keep connecting in ways that resist explanation. Banks and DS Cabbot investigate separately, with Annie dealing with a case from her past that overlaps with the present one. One of the most emotionally restrained of the later Banks novels, and one of the most careful about the specific vulnerability of young women in financial distress.
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twenty-fourth of the Banks series
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