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Violence
Some
Moderate violence — a murder; the investigation
Language
Barely any
Mild
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild — the arts festival atmosphere
Emotional Intensity
Some
The stranger's identity — who is he and why was he weeping?; the arts world setting; midsummer's strange light
What this book is about
During Shetland's midsummer arts festival — the white nights when the sun barely sets — a stranger appears at an exhibition, overcome with emotion. The next morning, he's dead. Jimmy Perez must identify both who he is and who killed him. White Nights is the second Shetland novel — atmospheric midsummer Shetland at its most otherworldly.
Notes for sensitive readers
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The midsummer setting — white nights; Shetland's extreme light is atmospheric
The stranger — his identity is the first mystery
The arts festival setting — Shetland's cultural scene
Second in the Shetland series
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