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Violence
A lot
Moderate-to-strong violence — multiple murders; Army CID investigation; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The murders' connection to national security — what happened in that small town that got people killed; Puller's investigation under pressure
What this book is about
John Puller is an Army Criminal Investigation Division special agent — one of the best. He's sent to a small West Virginia town where multiple people have been murdered. What looks like a local crime is connected to national security at the highest level. Zero Day is the first John Puller novel — Baldacci establishing his military procedural series.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Army CID investigation — military procedural setting
National security dimensions behind local murders
First in the John Puller series
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