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Violence
A lot
Moderate-to-strong violence — a murder; the investigation in a hostile small town; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Robie's father — the estrangement; what the old man knows; the Mississippi town's other secrets surfacing alongside the murder
What this book is about
Will Robie receives word that his estranged father — whom he hasn't spoken to in two decades — has been arrested for murder in Cantrell, Mississippi. Robie returns to a town full of people he left behind and secrets he didn't know existed. The Guilty is the fourth Will Robie novel — Baldacci's most personal series entry.
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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A father-son estrangement — the emotional core
A small Mississippi town with deep secrets
Fourth in the Will Robie series
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