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Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia
Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, Sexual harassment
Minor: Cancer, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt
Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Abortion
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
Emily was only 17 when she was attacked and left for dead whilst heavily pregnant. Nobody knew who the father was, perhaps not even Emily herself. Or so it seemed. Yet someone had motive enough to kill her. Some forty years later, Andrea is sent to the scene under the guise of protecting the dead girl's grandmother from death threats. In reality, if she can prove her own father killed the girl all those years go, she will be able to prevent him leaving prison and ever threatening them again. But it's a forty year cold case. Information was slim on the ground then and it isn't going to be any easier now.
It's a well written thriller that has several competing narrative lines, with all of them being interesting and competing for Andrea's attention. In between we get interludes from four decades ago from Emily's perspective, bringing additional detail to the old case but no real answers. The juxtaposition between present and past is done well, and the chapters from Emily help bring the forty years older adults into perspective, highlighting their personalities as Emily knew them. The characters all felt real, although many of them are certainly not people you'd want to get to know well.
So, a strong and relatively tame Karin Slaughter novel. There's apparently an initial thriller looking in more detail at Andrea's background and her father. That's now also on my to-read list!
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape