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Mystery · 1982 · PG-13

Ceremony

by Robert B. Parker

Spenser searches Boston's mean streets for a missing teenager trapped in a world of vice

For14+GenreMysteryLength225 pagesRead time~6 hours

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Violence

Some

Violence and criminal underworld activity

Language

Some

Moderate language

Sexual Content

Some

Prostitution and exploitation as central themes

Substance Use

Some

Drug use references

Emotional Intensity

Some

Psychological weight of exploitation and moral choices

What this book is about

Spenser is hired to find April Kyle, a runaway teenager who has disappeared into Boston's underworld of prostitution. The case forces him into a world of exploitation, violence, and moral compromise as he fights to rescue April from people who profit from her vulnerability.

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Prostitution and exploitation themes

Violence

Drug use references

Mature subject matter

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