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Violence
A lot
School shooting; multiple deaths depicted with moderate intensity; aftermath of mass violence
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
No significant substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Very high psychological weight; trauma of school shooting; community grief and blame; questions about complicity
What this book is about
A small Oregon logging town is shattered when a teenage boy opens fire at the local school. FBI profiler Pierce Quincy arrives to investigate, but the town is ready to move on. When it becomes clear there may have been a second shooter, the investigation becomes explosive. The second Quincy/Rainie novel tackles school violence with unflinching depth.
Notes for sensitive readers
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School shooting
Mass violence aftermath
Small-town trauma
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