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Violence
Some
Prison violence, past murders, threats
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal romantic content
Substance Use
None
No notable substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Psychiatric manipulation, violent past, paranoia, extreme twist
What this book is about
Brooke takes a nursing job at a prison psychiatric facility and discovers her former high school classmate — once suspected of murder — is an inmate. McFadden's unreliable narrator approach in a psychiatric prison setting.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Prison psychiatric setting — mental health content
Past murders central to the mystery
McFadden's signature extreme twist
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