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Violence
Barely any
Murder investigation; mild thriller tension
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological complexity; friendship obsession; secrets and misidentification
What this book is about
Alice Whittaker becomes increasingly worried about her closest friend, a woman she has known since girlhood, who seems to have disappeared. The harder Alice looks, the stranger the situation becomes. A standalone Ruth Rendell mystery published under her own name, exploring friendship, obsession, and the gap between the person we think we know and who they actually are.
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