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Violence
Some
Murder mystery violence and drug trade consequences
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
Drug trade is central to the plot
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of moral complicity and the cost of doing what's right in the wrong way
What this book is about
The thirteenth Chief Inspector Gamache novel places him in the witness stand, being questioned about decisions he made that led to disaster. The story unfolds in both the courtroom present and the autumn past, when a figure in a black cloak appeared in Three Pines and everything began to go wrong. Penny at her most morally complex.
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Drug trade themes
Moral complexity
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