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Violence
Some
Human sacrifice; murders; occult violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief disturbing sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The occult bleeding into the present; detective work against the inexplicable
What this book is about
Ackroyd's 1985 novel alternates between Nicholas Dyer, an occultist architect in the 18th century who builds London churches over human sacrifices, and Detective Nicholas Hawksmoor in the present day investigating murders at those same churches. Eerie and brilliant. For adults.
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Occult violence
Human sacrifice
Murders
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