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Violence
Some
Murder; crime scene violence
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
A lot
Heavy drug use throughout; Rebus drinks
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of Edinburgh's hidden criminality and a detective who drinks too much
What this book is about
The second Rebus novel (1990) follows Detective Sergeant Rebus as the death of a young man from a heroin overdose begins to look like murder, leading him into Edinburgh's drug world. Dark crime with drinking and drug themes. For adults.
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Drug themes
Strong language
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