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Violence
Barely any
Murder investigation tied to a deathbed revelation; mild thriller tension
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; family secrets; decades-old wrongdoing uncovered
What this book is about
An elderly woman dying in a Colleton County hospital makes a startling revelation before she passes — and the reverberations of what she said reach into unexpected corners of the community. Judge Deborah Knott investigates a case built on decades-old secrets. The nineteenth Deborah Knott novel.
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