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Violence
A lot
Multiple murders in an isolated setting; detailed forensic examinations; intense thriller violence
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Very strong psychological intensity; isolation horror; cult elements; snowbound claustrophobia
What this book is about
When a group of medical students disappears during a Wyoming blizzard, detectives Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles investigate. The trail leads to an isolated religious commune that has survived the wilderness for years — and that harbors a deadly secret. The eighth Rizzoli & Isles novel (published in the UK as The Killing Place) is Gerritsen's most atmospheric, set against a landscape of ice and isolation.
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Isolated cult setting
Multiple murders
Snowbound horror
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