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Violence
A lot
Child abduction; human trafficking depicted as the investigation's central crime; some violence
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content; the trafficking plot involves adult exploitation
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific way that love overrides procedural sense; human trafficking as a crime enabled by desperation on both sides
What this book is about
Hadiyyah — the young daughter of Barbara Havers's longtime neighbor and friend — is abducted in Italy during a visit to her mother. The investigation takes Havers to Florence and then deeper into Italy, as she navigates Italian police bureaucracy, her own unauthorized presence, and her determination to find Hadiyyah at any cost. Lynley handles the London end of the case, which involves illegal immigration and human trafficking. Elizabeth George's eighteenth Lynley novel is her most geographically expansive since A Place of Hiding, and the most focused on Havers's particular brand of unauthorized righteousness — a woman who will do anything for people she loves.
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child abduction and human trafficking as central themes
eighteenth of the Lynley series
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