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Violence
Some
Moderate; crime thriller violence with racial and historical context
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological weight of a community protecting its prejudices at the cost of justice
What this book is about
Lori Roy's literary thriller — set in 1960s Detroit — follows the aftermath of a woman's disappearance in a white neighborhood, and the various lies, prejudices, and fears that the neighborhood is protecting instead of the truth. Roy writes with the precision of a literary novelist and the tension of a thriller.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Racial and historical themes of 1960s Detroit
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