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Violence
Some
A death under mysterious circumstances; the violence of WWI is in the background
Language
Barely any
Literary prose; period-appropriate language
Sexual Content
Some
An adult romantic relationship in the 1920s; restrained
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The weight of a secret kept for a lifetime; the psychological cost of watching something terrible and staying silent
What this book is about
Grace, a 98-year-old woman in a care home, agrees to help with a film being made about Riverton—the house where she worked as a maid in the 1920s—and unravels the secret she has carried since the night poet Robbie Hunter died at the party. Kate Morton's debut atmospheric mystery alternates between the 1920s and the present.
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