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Thriller · 2011 · PG-13

The one you love

by Paul Pilkington

Her sister was her best friend. Then she was murdered. Then Emma started getting messages.

For14+GenreThrillerLength384 pagesRead time~9.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Moderate; murder and its aftermath

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Significant; the psychological weight of grief, guilt, and the question of what the messages mean

What this book is about

Paul Pilkington's psychological thriller follows Emma — whose twin sister was murdered — as she begins receiving messages that seem to come from her dead sister. Pilkington writes British psychological suspense with the unreliable-narrator and family-secret elements that define the genre.

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