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Violence
Very heavy
A chase thriller; significant violence; multiple killings; the backstory involves an armored car robbery with deaths
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Some
Substance use in prison contexts
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychology of a man who has survived prison by not talking about something; the question of what a person can endure to protect a secret
What this book is about
Audie Palmer walks out of a Texas prison one day before he is due to be released after serving ten years for an armored car robbery. He doesn't know who he can trust. People are being killed around him. Someone very dangerous doesn't want him to reach whoever he is trying to reach. Michael Robotham's standalone thriller (not part of the O'Loughlin series) is a relentless chase novel — Audie running, pursuers closing — that gradually reveals what happened during the robbery and what Audie has been protecting in prison. One of Robotham's most propulsive constructions.
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standalone Robotham novel, not part of the O'Loughlin series
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