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Thriller · 2016 · PG-13

The Twenty-Three

by Linwood Barclay

Promise Falls is dying — and the water might be what's killing it

For14+GenreThrillerLength490 pagesRead time~12.5 hours

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Violence

A lot

Mass casualty threat; murders connected to the water supply; investigation

Language

Some

Moderate language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild

Substance Use

Some

Strong; the water supply contamination; the potential for mass harm

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Strong; the paranoia of contaminated infrastructure; what a community does when it can't trust its basic systems; the reveal of the conspiracy

What this book is about

The third and final Promise Falls novel: the series arc reaches its catastrophic conclusion. A water supply contamination threatens the entire town, and the investigation into who is responsible and why leads to the heart of everything that has been wrong with Promise Falls. Barclay's conclusion is his most ambitious thriller plotting.

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Water supply contamination threatening mass casualties

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