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Violence
A lot
Violence related to the disappearances and a serial killer investigation; some confrontation
Language
Some
Moderate language; thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult relationships involving a former dancer's past life
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate social drinking throughout
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The secrets people carry from former lives, the past as something that never actually leaves, three people drawn together by something they thought was behind them
What this book is about
Megan is a suburban mom who used to be an exotic dancer. Ray is a photographer who gave up his dreams of documentary work. Broome is a detective obsessed with a cold case from seventeen years ago. When men start disappearing again — exactly as they did back then — all three are pulled into a mystery that implicates all of them. Harlan Coben builds another interconnected thriller where ordinary people have been hiding extraordinary secrets.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
serial killer investigation with violence
a protagonist's former sex work is central to the plot
interconnected thriller pacing
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