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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence centered on the killer's game; the premise involves murder under extreme psychological coercion
Language
Some
Adult language in Arlidge's crime thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological horror of being forced to kill or be killed — and the detective's own dark history — creates the novel's sustained and disturbing register
What this book is about
The first Helen Grace novel introduces the Southampton detective as she investigates a series of kidnappings where pairs of victims are left with a single gun and told one must kill the other to survive. Arlidge writes dark, tense crime fiction with graphic violence and psychological manipulation at its center. For adult readers of dark crime fiction.
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