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Violence
A lot
A murder; the protagonist cannot remember if she was responsible; thriller menace throughout
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychology of dissociative amnesia and what it feels like to be investigated for a crime you cannot rule out having committed; Joe's professional challenge of believing a patient the police do not
What this book is about
Marnie Logan wakes with no memory of the previous twenty-four hours — and discovers that during that time her husband has been murdered. She is the primary suspect in a crime she cannot remember committing. Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is called in to assess her, and as he works with Marnie he becomes convinced she is telling the truth about her amnesia — which means someone else committed the murder and has reasons to make sure she takes the blame. Michael Robotham's sixth O'Loughlin novel is his most interested in the specific horror of being unable to access one's own memory as evidence.
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sixth of the Joe O'Loughlin series
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