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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — a ritualistic burial; the investigation of a closed community; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate — the religious community's practices involve exploitation; handled seriously
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The religious community's darkness — faith as cover for harm; the skeleton's story; Sara and Jeffrey inside a world that doesn't welcome outsiders
What this book is about
A skeleton is discovered in the Georgia woods — buried in a manner that suggests ritual. The investigation leads Sara and Jeffrey into a closed religious community with practices that disturb and a capacity for violence that stuns. Faithless is the fifth Grant County novel — Slaughter examining what faith can conceal and enable.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A religious community with dark secrets
Ritualistic burial — the forensic investigation
Exploitation within a faith community — handled seriously
Fifth in the Grant County series
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