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Violence
A lot
Significant thriller violence tied to civil rights era murders and present-day danger
Language
Some
Moderate language in the Southern thriller tradition
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content in the thriller tradition
Substance Use
Barely any
Brief references
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of racial injustice, historical violence, and the courage required to pursue truth in the Deep South
What this book is about
Greg Iles' Southern thriller features the dark history of civil rights-era Mississippi violence. Violence is thriller-level. Adult content in the Southern thriller tradition. Appropriate for adult thriller readers.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Civil rights era violence
Racial injustice themes
Thriller violence
Adult content
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