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Violence
Some
Murders and missing persons; some crime violence; nothing graphic
Language
Some
Period witty British prose; moderate language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationships; some content appropriate to the era and setting
Substance Use
Some
Drinking as the era's social backdrop; Prohibition-adjacent London nightclub culture
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychology of power operating outside the law; the vulnerability of young women in a predatory environment
What this book is about
Nellie Coker rules London's nightclub scene with iron charm, while a police inspector investigates missing girls and a series of connections nobody wants to examine too closely. Kate Atkinson's 1920s novel is witty, intricate, and full of the pleasures of the era—jazz, dancing, crime—alongside its darker currents.
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