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Violence
Some
Some violence as the thriller escalates
Language
Some
Adult language in the psychological thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content; marital tension is the primary relationship register
Substance Use
Barely any
Some social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of an unreliable marriage — and the sustained misdirection of who is telling the truth — creates effective and sustained paranoia
What this book is about
Alice Feeney's psychological thriller follows Adam and Amelia, a couple with a troubled marriage, who travel to a remote Scottish chapel for their tenth anniversary. The novel builds in alternating timelines; a mysterious third narrator gradually reveals the shape of the threat. Feeney is skilled at misdirection and the novel's twists are effective. For adult readers of psychological thrillers.
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