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Violence
Some
A murder investigation and some physical threat; animal attacks depicted naturalistically
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the literary fiction register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content at a moderate level
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Domestic violence in flashback and the psychological aftermath of trauma are handled with care and genuine weight
What this book is about
Charlotte McConaghy's literary thriller follows Inti Flynn, who has come to the Scottish Highlands to lead a wolf reintroduction program, only to find the farmers violently opposed to the project. When a local man is found murdered, Inti and her sister are drawn into the investigation. McConaghy writes with the same beautiful precision as her debut Migrations. The novel deals with domestic violence in flashback and has a serious and careful emotional register throughout.
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Domestic violence in flashback
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