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Violence
A lot
Violence throughout; a shooting at the open, graphic deaths, the brutality of a rural Southern criminal underbelly
Language
Some
Strong language in a gritty Southern noir register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult relationships; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Some
Moderate drinking; alcohol as coping mechanism throughout
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The weight of thirteen years in prison and what it does to a man; the specific grief of a detective whose act was right but whose soul is not at peace; a town's secret finally surfacing
What this book is about
Detective Elizabeth Black shoots and kills two men in a motel room — a decision that makes her a hero to some and a suspect to others. At the same time, Gideon Strange is released from prison after a thirteen-year sentence, carrying the weight of a violence he cannot undo, looking for redemption in a town that does not want to give it. John Hart's Southern noir is dense, dark, and atmospheric — a story about the ways violence echoes through communities and the narrow possibility of grace in a world that has largely run out of it.
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graphic violence
dark themes of crime and imprisonment
strong language
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