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Violence
Some
Murder investigation violence with disturbing historical content
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the Scandinavian crime tradition
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult references
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of Iceland's past, domestic violence, and the long shadow of historical crimes
What this book is about
The fourth Inspector Erlendur novel features the series' characteristic bleak Icelandic atmosphere. Violence is crime investigation level with some disturbing content around the historical case. Adult Scandinavian crime fiction.
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Historical murder
Domestic violence history
Icelandic crime fiction
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