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Violence
Barely any
Murder investigation; mild thriller tension; rural development themes
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Mild psychological complexity; land loss and community change as backdrop; generational conflict
What this book is about
Development money is flooding into Colleton County and old farmland is being sold out from under the families who have worked it for generations. When a woman with connections to the development boom is found murdered, Judge Deborah Knott investigates a case that touches the heart of what the county is becoming. The fifteenth Deborah Knott novel.
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