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Violence
A lot
Murder investigation in a corrupt small town; some violence tied to the criminal conspiracy
Language
Some
Moderate language; Louisiana register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content between the two leads
Substance Use
Some
Heavy drinking in a southern family dynasty culture; alcoholism in the backstory
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A family dynasty that owns a town and everyone in it, the cost of loyalty to people who don't deserve it, a woman who escaped but can't stay gone
What this book is about
Sayre Lynch hasn't been home to Destiny, Louisiana in years — the town her family's iron foundry built and the family's iron grip on it make the place feel like a trap. Her brother Hap's apparent suicide brings her back. When she meets Danny Ferrell, a state fire marshal investigator who believes the death is connected to something larger, they uncover a corruption that runs through every institution in Destiny. Sandra Brown's swampy Louisiana thriller is one of her darkest.
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murder investigation
corrupt small-town power structure
adult romantic content
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