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Violence
Some
Forensic examination of decades-old murder victims; serial killer investigation
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
No significant substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate tension; long-unsolved murders and questions of a still-active killer
What this book is about
When a hurricane exposes the contents of a washed-ashore barrel containing human remains, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan discovers the bodies match an unsolved case from the 1990s. The twentieth Brennan novel splits between Charleston and Montreal as Brennan investigates a serial killer potentially operating across decades.
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Serial killer themes
Forensic detail
Hurricane disaster backdrop
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