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Mystery · 2005 · PG-13

Survivor in Death

by Nora Roberts

The whole family is killed except one little girl — and she saw everything

For14+GenreMysteryLength362 pagesRead time~9.5 hours

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Violence

A lot

Professional assassination of a family; child trauma; a survivor in Eve's household

Language

Some

Moderate language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Adult content; the established relationship

Substance Use

Barely any

Mild

Emotional Intensity

Very heavy

Very strong; a child who survived something she can't process; Eve's particular response to threatened children (given her own history); the household adjusting to the girl's presence

What this book is about

The twentieth In Death novel: a family is murdered in a professional attack, and the sole survivor is the nine-year-old who hid under a bed. Eve must protect the girl while finding out who hired the killers and why — all without revealing to the child more than she's ready to know. Roberts writes the child with particular care.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Professional murder of a family including children

Child survivor trauma

Adult content

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