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Violence
Some
Moderate violence involving small-time criminals and organized crime connections
Language
Some
Hard-boiled language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationship references
Substance Use
Some
Alcohol use and references to drug dealing in the criminal milieu
Emotional Intensity
Some
Emotional themes of family dysfunction, loyalty, and becoming the person one chooses to be
What this book is about
Paul Giacomin, the teenager Spenser helped find himself in Early Autumn, returns as a young man with a request: help find his missing mother. The search leads Spenser back into the world of small-time crime and large-scale dysfunction, and into some unresolved questions about his own past with the Giacomin family. A warm, emotionally resonant installment.
Notes for sensitive readers
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organized crime themes
family dysfunction and parental failure
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