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Violence
Very heavy
Graphic zombie violence—families murdered; horror-level violence in the zombie attacks
Language
A lot
Strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual tension; limited explicit content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Anita's refusal to compromise her ethics under enormous pressure; the horror of what rogue zombies do
What this book is about
Harold Gaynor wants something raised that is older than any zombie should be—and wants Anita to use a human sacrifice to do it. Meanwhile a zombie is murdering entire families. The Laughing Corpse deepens Anita's moral limits and adds a serial killer investigation to her zombie-raising work.
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Graphic zombie horror—family murder scenes
Strong language
Human sacrifice as plot element
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