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Violence
A lot
Significant thriller violence; the stalking escalates to physical danger
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content; the affair and its aftermath are depicted explicitly
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Psychological menace from the stalker; the fear of being watched and controlled
What this book is about
Psychology professor Sheila Tao ends an affair with a student — who then begins a campaign of stalking and blackmail. Hillier's debut psychological thriller is tightly wound, escalating from uncomfortable to genuinely dangerous with methodical precision. The novel established Hillier as one of crime fiction's most confident debut voices, with an antagonist whose menace is all the more effective for his surface-level normalcy.
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Stalking and psychological menace
Adult content
Significant thriller violence
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