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Violence
A lot
Murder investigation; Southern Gothic violence; dangerous swamp confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content involving deceased wife
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate alcohol use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Personal obsession; uncovering truth about murdered wife; Southern Gothic atmosphere
What this book is about
The 10th Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2010) and the first in the Helen Trilogy. Pendergast and Vincent D'Agosta travel to the Louisiana swamps to investigate what really happened when Pendergast's wife Helen was killed by a lion on an African safari. The truth is far more sinister. Features Pendergast at his most personal and obsessed.
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Murder investigation of wife
Dark Southern Gothic settings
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