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Violence
Some
WWI battlefield violence in historical sections; modern extremist violence; no gratuitous content
Language
Some
Some period and modern strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content in both historical and contemporary threads
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking typical of the milieu
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of war, trauma, and ideological extremism carry sustained psychological weight
What this book is about
The fourteenth Dalziel and Pascoe mystery opens when a skeleton from the First World War is unearthed at an industrial development site, drawing Pascoe into an investigation that spans eighty years. As he researches the dead soldier's history through diaries and family records, a modern animal rights extremist plot is also unfolding around him. Hill weaves the two timeframes with structural sophistication, using the horror of the Great War to comment on present-day passions and violence. One of the series' most ambitious and moving novels.
Notes for sensitive readers
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WWI violence in historical diary sections
Extremist ideology theme
Some mature language
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