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Thriller · 1999 · PG-13

River's End

by Nora Roberts

She was six when she watched her father kill her mother — and she never escaped that room

For14+GenreThrillerLength469 pagesRead time~11.5 hours

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Violence

Some

A child witnesses her mother's murder; cold case investigation; adult thriller violence

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Some

Romantic relationship between adults; implied intimacy

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Strong psychological intensity; lifelong trauma; childhood witness to murder; facing the past

What this book is about

Olivia MacBride was six years old when she witnessed her father, a movie star, murder her mother. Twenty years later, Noah Brady — son of the detective who solved the case — wants to write a book about what happened. Their relationship forces Olivia to face a truth that still defines her. Nora Roberts's River's End is a dark psychological thriller about the wounds that never fully heal.

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Child witnesses parental murder

Significant psychological trauma content

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