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Violence
A lot
Serial killer murders women; deaths depicted with disturbing specificity; predatory violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Predatory sexual interest as motivation for violence; disturbing context but not explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Extreme psychological intensity; serial killer's worldview rendered from inside; victim trauma and powerlessness; deeply disturbing character study
What this book is about
Two storylines converge in Ruth Rendell's chilling psychological thriller: a lonely, damaged young man with a history of violence who kills women he finds beautiful, and Francine Hill, a woman traumatized by witnessing her mother's murder as a child. When their paths intersect, the result is one of Rendell's most unsettling explorations of the violent underbelly of ordinary urban life.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Serial killer predation
Predatory violence toward women
Deeply disturbing psychological portrait
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