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Violence
Some
Thriller violence; the mystery of the crash
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; a character's medication history
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; the amnesiac as the perfect unreliable narrator; the question of whether the husband is a threat or a rescuer; the investigation as both a thriller and a psychological portrait
What this book is about
A Tessa Leoni novel: a woman is found in a crashed car in New Hampshire, suffering from amnesia, with no identification. Her husband arrives to claim her but the investigating officer isn't sure she should go home with him. Gardner's amnesiac thriller uses the unreliable narrator with her characteristic clinical precision about psychology.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Domestic threat — whether the husband is dangerous is the central tension
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