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Violence
Some
Crime violence including a child kidnapping and murder
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
Drug use in the 1967 counterculture setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of memory, guilt, and the long shadow of an unsolved crime
What this book is about
The 21st Kinsey Millhone novel operates on two timelines — the present, as Kinsey investigates a decades-old child kidnapping, and 1967, where she shows the events as they unfolded. Grafton's dual timeline is one of her most ambitious structures, and the historical sections are vivid.
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Child kidnapping and murder themes
Crime mystery violence
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