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Violence
Very heavy
Reader warnings list graphic violence and murder, plus injury detail and a car accident
Language
Very heavy
Reviewers note frequent swearing with many uses of strong profanity
Sexual Content
A lot
Sexual assault and sexual violence are flagged, including a rape that is mentioned rather than detailed, and an adult/minor relationship
Substance Use
Very heavy
Addiction and alcoholism are graphic-level warnings and shape one of the two protagonists
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Grief, abandonment, cancer, infidelity and the specific corrosion of a family whose missing person was written off; reviewers say a late twist reframes everything preceding it
What this book is about
Nicole Monroe has spent years stuck in the Indiana town where her sister Kasey disappeared alongside another young woman. When Jenna, the other missing woman's sister, turns up insisting they investigate together, the pair start working a case that was closed by assumption. The Crime Junkie host's second novel keeps the true-crime cadence.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Rape and sexual violence referenced
Addiction and alcoholism
Adult/minor relationship
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