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Violence
Some
A theft, an accident at the dig site and its consequences; nothing graphic, and no sustained peril
Language
Barely any
Clean throughout — Davis writes museum-world dialogue
Sexual Content
Barely any
A marriage and a romance handled with closed-door discretion
Substance Use
Some
Gala champagne and period drinking; a supporting character's unreliability involves alcohol
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Study guides for the novel flag death, child death and gender discrimination
What this book is about
Charlotte Cross has spent forty years avoiding what happened at an Egyptian excavation in 1936. When a headdress vanishes during the Met Gala, she and a young assistant named Annie follow it, and Charlotte finally has to go back. Davis splits the book between the museum and the desert.
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Child death
Grief and long-buried trauma
Gender discrimination
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