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Violence
Some
Some crime violence; action sequences; a shooting
Language
Barely any
Mild period language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic interest
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; period-appropriate
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Moral and professional conflict; political intrigue
What this book is about
Sydney detective Scobie Malone is assigned the awkward task of arresting Australia's High Commissioner for murder—only to discover his suspect is the nation's acting Prime Minister, and that an assassination plot is already in motion. Caught between duty and political reality in swinging-sixties London, Malone must protect the man he came to arrest while unraveling the conspiracy around him. Cleary's series debut is a clever, entertaining thriller with a likable hero at its center.
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Political assassination plot
Some action violence
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