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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; historical racial violence; moderate thriller action
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological weight; civil rights history; racial injustice and its long aftermath; personal danger
What this book is about
When V.I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who disappeared forty years ago during the turbulent civil rights era in Chicago, the case forces her to confront the city's most painful racial history. The thirteenth V.I. Warshawski novel digs deep into Chicago's South Side, the 1968 Democratic Convention riots, and the unsolved racial violence that shaped a generation.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Civil rights history
Racial violence themes
Chicago politics
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