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Violence
A lot
An honour killing; the murder investigation involves cultural violence and community protection of the killer
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Some
Heavy drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific difficulty of investigating crimes where a community's values conflict with the law; Thorne's personal reactions and the effort to contain them
What this book is about
DI Tom Thorne investigates the murder of a woman connected to an honor killing case — an area where he has limited experience and strong personal reactions. The killer is someone with both means and community protection, and Thorne's usual methods of pressure and stubbornness run up against cultural dynamics that are genuinely different from his experience. Mark Billingham's fourteenth Thorne novel is his most directly engaged with social justice and the specific problem of crimes that communities protect from outside investigation — and with Thorne's struggle to investigate fairly without overcompensating for his own discomfort.
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fourteenth of the Tom Thorne series; deals with honour killings
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