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Violence
Barely any
A death that may be murder; depicted obliquely and without graphic detail
Language
None
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
None
Brief, decorous romantic attraction between students
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The novel's central tension is moral and psychological: a witness to injustice must choose whether to speak or stay silent
What this book is about
Lucy Pym, a popular psychology author, visits an elite women's physical training college and finds herself charmed by its inhabitants. When a student dies in what looks like an accident on the final day of term, Pym alone suspects the truth — and must decide whether to act on what she knows. Josephine Tey's darkest and most psychologically acute standalone novel is a profound meditation on justice, moral cowardice, and the cost of silence.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Moral weight of withholding knowledge of a crime
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