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Violence
A lot
A woman who survived captivity; the investigation involves exploitation and violence; psychological trauma
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual content in depicting what Evie survived
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The psychology of a survivor who has learned to read danger from a lifetime of having to; Cyrus's discomfort with how much he relies on a person who has been damaged by everyone who relied on her
What this book is about
Evie Cormac has spent years in the care system with a secret: she has no identity, no past, no name. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven tries to help her while also being drawn into a murder case. As Cyrus investigates both Evie's past and the current crime, the connections between them emerge. Michael Robotham's second Cyrus Haven novel deepens the character who first appeared in 'Good Girl, Bad Girl' and is the series at its most psychologically focused — the interaction between Cyrus's expertise and Evie's particular intelligence driving both the procedural investigation and the exploration of what long-term captivity does to a person.
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second Cyrus Haven novel by Michael Robotham
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