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Violence
Some
Apparent suicide/murder; investigation of a decades-long friendship network
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; adult relationships across fifty years
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; the group's history includes drinking; an alcoholism subplot
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; the way a long friendship can mask secrets; what people don't say for decades; the tidal island setting as a perfect container for the past
What this book is about
An entry in the Vera series: a group of friends who met at an outdoor pursuits center in the early 1970s reunite on a Holy Island that can only be reached at low tide. When one of the group is found hanged, Vera Stanhope investigates the fifty-year history of this particular friendship — what bound them and what eventually broke them.
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