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Violence
Some
A death and its cover-up; some clinical violence in the investigation
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief references to the nature of the affair; not explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Identity confronted through one's clone, complicity and its cost, marriage as control and replacement
What this book is about
Evelyn Caldwell is a renowned geneticist whose work is her identity — which is convenient, since her marriage is falling apart. When she discovers that her husband used her own research to create Martine, a clone designed to be everything Evelyn won't be, the situation escalates to murder. Evelyn and Martine have to work together to hide the crime. A propulsive, quietly devastating novella about complicity, identity, and what it means to be replaced.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
cloning and identity themes
murder cover-up
feminist themes about marriage and autonomy
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