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Content snapshot
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Violence
A lot
Serial killer, murders, childhood trauma
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Childhood trauma, killer psychology, paranoia, survivor guilt
What this book is about
A surgeon with a traumatic past discovers a serial killer is targeting women close to her. McFadden's most violent standalone. The medical setting and flashbacks to childhood trauma make this one of her darker books.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Serial killer murders throughout
Detailed childhood trauma involving violence
Unreliable narrator elements
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