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Violence
A lot
Sexual violence and attacks on women; disturbing crime scenes
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
A lot
Sexual violence is the central crime; depicted with forensic seriousness
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychology of a predator who specifically targets a fetish object, the difficulty of cold cases that resurface, the particular terror of attacks that seem calculated and personal
What this book is about
The sixth Roy Grace novel. A string of attacks on women in Brighton — their shoes always taken — mirrors a case from 1997 that was never fully resolved. Roy Grace has to consider whether the Shoe Man has returned or whether someone is copying the original crimes. Peter James's most disturbing Roy Grace novel explores obsession, the psychology of trophy-taking, and what it takes to hunt someone who may have been hiding in plain sight for over a decade.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
sexual violence against women as central crime
disturbing crime scenes
best read as sixth in Roy Grace series
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