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Violence
Content notes list graphic violence, gore, blood and body horror; reviewers report wincing at scenes described well enough to hurt
Language
Very heavy
Heavy profanity across the detective and prison threads
Sexual Content
A lot
Sexual assault and infidelity are flagged; the sexual material is present but not the book's focus
Substance Use
Some
Alcohol in the detectives' off-hours
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Emotional abuse and abduction, and what one reviewer calls the same sociopathic chilliness that made Creep unnerving — an antagonist who enjoys the audience she has acquired
What this book is about
The sequel to Creep turns the psychological two-hander into a multi-character manhunt. A copycat is killing in Abby Maddox's name and mailing her love letters, and the people she maimed are pulled back into her orbit to stop him. Quill and Quire and Kirkus both treat it as a step up in body count from the first book.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence and body horror
Abduction
Sexual assault
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