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Violence
A lot
Children murdered; the crime scenes are investigated and depicted with procedural seriousness
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The weight of investigating child murders in a medieval antisemitic context
What this book is about
In 1171 Cambridge, Jewish children are being killed and the Jewish community blamed. King Henry II imports a forensic investigator — the brilliant Adelia Aguilar, trained in Salerno — to find the real killer. Franklin's historical crime series is meticulously researched, genuinely suspenseful, and unusual in its female protagonist.
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Child murder investigation (central)
Medieval antisemitism
Graphic historical crime content
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