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Violence
A lot
Multiple murders; trafficking-related violence; intense thriller action
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological intensity; human trafficking horror; serial predator; conspiracy revelation
What this book is about
A woman's body is found hanging in a boat with no identification and no apparent cause of death. Detective Joona Linna's investigation uncovers a conspiracy that reaches into Sweden's darkest trafficking networks. The second Joona Linna novel is relentlessly dark, with Kepler's characteristic willingness to depict violence without restraint.
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Human trafficking
Graphic violence
Serial killer
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