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Violence
Some
Murder and its investigation; some crime scene detail
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
Oxford social life; adult relationships; brief intimate content
Substance Use
Barely any
Campus party culture; moderate social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Guilt over a dead friend, unreliable memory of a shared past, obsession with a cold case
What this book is about
Hannah Jones had one unforgettable friend at Oxford: April, brilliant and magnetic, the 'it girl' of their year. When April was murdered in their first year, the college porter was convicted and sent to prison. Now he has died — still claiming innocence — and a journalist wants Hannah to reopen everything she's tried to forget. Ruth Ware's intricate dual-timeline thriller asks whether we ever truly know the people we love most.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
murder investigation revisited years later
Oxford campus setting with dark undertones
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