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Violence
Some
A missing person case and a murder investigation; some thriller-mode violence
Language
Some
Police procedural language including some profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief references to characters' personal lives and past relationships
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in police and personal settings
Emotional Intensity
Some
Personal stakes create emotional tension alongside the procedural investigation
What this book is about
The fifteenth Inspector Banks mystery opens with Banks receiving a cryptic summons from his estranged brother Roy, who then vanishes. As Banks desperately searches for Roy in London, Annie Cabbot handles a murder investigation in Yorkshire that gradually intersects with Banks's search. Robinson handles the personal dimension—Banks's complicated relationship with his brother and his fear for Roy's life—with real emotional intelligence, and the thriller pace of the London investigation gives this entry a different energy from the more ruminative Yorkshire procedurals.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Some mature language
Thriller-mode tension as a family member is missing
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