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Violence
Some
Moderate; crime thriller violence and disappearances
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological atmosphere of Scandinavian crime — isolation, nature, and the secrets in small communities
What this book is about
Susanne Jansson's Swedish psychological thriller follows Nathalie — a botanist who arrives in a small Swedish town to study a protected marsh — and the disappearances that connect to the landscape she's studying. Jansson writes Scandinavian crime with genuine nature writing interwoven into the mystery.
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