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Violence
Barely any
A murder; a strangling
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
A lesbian relationship discovered
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of the hidden lives of seemingly ordinary people
What this book is about
Rendell's 1964 debut introduces Chief Inspector Wexford in the fictional town of Kingsmarkham, investigating the strangling of a seemingly unremarkable housewife whose prized book collection holds the key. Clean and literary. For older teens and adults.
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