Death of a Child – Page 28 – Trigger Warning Database

The Suite Spot by Trish Doller

The Suite Spot by Trish Doller

Rachel Beck has hit a brick wall. She’s a single mom, still living at home and trying to keep a dying relationship alive. Aside from her daughter, the one bright light in Rachel’s life is her job as the night reservations manager at a luxury hotel in Miami Beach—until the night she is fired for something she didn’t do. On impulse, Rachel inquires about a management position at a brewery hotel on an island in Lake Erie called Kelleys Island. When she’s offered the job, Rachel packs up her daughter and makes the cross-country move. What she finds on Kelleys Island is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Sexual assault, on-page
Divorce recounted
Panic attack
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child recounted

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike

AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to wage war against her brother, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter, Angharad, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history scatters its survivors to the wind, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands, while nine-year-old Angharad must summon all Lailoken has taught her and follow her own destiny through the…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Domestic violence
Cheating mentioned
Sexual assault
Death of a son
Imprisonment
War themes & battle scenes

Second Nature by Amber Boudreau

Second Nature by Amber Boudreau

Mavis Corvid can’t remember. Not who she is, nor where she came from. It’s been six months and nothing. Zip. Zilch. Now she’s settling into a new life. She’s back on her feet, literally, and working at a garage in Eustace Park for a boss as grumpy as he is handsome. She has an apartment, friends, and an insatiable curiosity about werewolves. No one knows why the wolves disclosed their existence to the world, but the one-year anniversary of their reveal is fast approaching. A fight brews between two alphas that could threaten the rest of humanity unless Mavis can remember… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Persecution for witchcraft
Panic attack
Amnesia
Depersonalisation
Dysphoria
Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Physical injuries & illness, including burns, anaphylaxis, and loss of limb
Dead bodies & body parts
Medical experimentation
Medical procedures & treatment
Hospitalisation & psychiatric hospitalisation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of friend
Death of brother
Death of son
Death of parent
Murder & attempted murder
Poisoning
Gun violence
Home invasion
Captivity & confinement
Disappearance of a loved one
Fire
Animal death & death of a pet
Animal illness & injury
Poverty

Facing the Flame by Jackie French

Facing the Flame by Jackie French

There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass dries, all who live at Gibber’s Creek know their land can burn. But when you love your land, you fight for it. For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed’s only choice is to flee – into the flames.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Sexual assault by a step-parent recounted
Death of a baby recounted
Bushfire
Animal death

Hush by Dylan Farrow

The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis

Anne Jaccob is coming of age, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. When she is taken advantage of by her tutor — a great friend of her father’s — and is set up to marry a squeamish snob named Simeon Onions, she begins to realize just how powerless she is in Georgian society. Anne is watchful, cunning, and bored. Her saviour appears in the form of Fub, the butcher’s boy. Their romance is both a great spur and an excitement. Anne knows she is doomed to a loveless marriage to Onions and she is determined to escape with Fub and be his mistress. But will Fub ultimately be… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Miscarriage
Death of a child
Murder

Honeycomb by Joanne Harris

Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris

The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Death of a child
Death of a parent

Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

A beautiful stranger has come to Clearview, asking questions that are nobody’s business. Cooper Owens also wasn’t born yesterday. He knows that this out-of-towner is hiding a dark secret of her own. Much as he knows he should head in the other direction, he can’t make himself turn away. P.I. Marlee Frampton always wanted to lead a nice quiet life, working as a cop in her local police department. But that dream came to an end when her sister was murdered―and her baby kidnapped. Now Marlee’s come to Texas to investigate the Harpers, who may be linked to shady adoption agencies. Cooper can’t believe that his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Infertility
Murder of a pregnant woman mentioned

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as “the Child Finder,” Naomi is their last hope. Naomi’s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Antiziganism (g slur)
Incest (foster siblings)
Paedophilia, child sexual assault and rape (theme)
Child abuse and neglect
Foster care system experiences recounted
Amnesia and memory loss
Dissociation
Blood and gore depiction
Physical injuries mentioned, including the loss of an arm in an explosion while deployed
Death of a foster mother, off-page and discussed
Death of a wife from cancer mentioned
Death of a wife from suicide mentioned
Accidental infanticide
Murder by stabbing, on-page
Physical assault
Kidnapping and captivity of a child
Incarceration
Graphic animal death and hunting
Animal dead bodies and butchery, on-page

Context : The story follows a private investigator trying to find a missing child. The book is told from her POV, the missing child, and the predator who kidnapped and held the child captive. While there are no on-page scenes of sexual violence, it is clear that the captor sexually abuses and rapes the child. It is vaguely mentioned through metaphors and lyrical writing from the child’s perspective; as well as mentions of pain and blood on her legs. The predator was also raped by his captor as a child. Again, there are no on-page scenes of this.

A secondary character leaves her baby in their stroller on a bus that is parked in storage. It is unclear how the baby dies but the protagonist finds his body (off-page, no descriptions).

The Ability by MM Vaughan

The Ability by M.M. Vaughan and illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

No one has any confidence in twelve-year-old Christopher Lane. His teachers discount him as a liar and a thief, and his mom doesn’t have the energy to deal with him. But a mysterious visit from the Ministry of Education indicates that Chris might have some potential after all: He is invited to attend the prestigious Myers Holt Academy. When Christopher begins at his new school, he is astounded at what he can do. It seems that age twelve is a special time for the human brain, which is capable of remarkable feats—as… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a father during military service
Death of a child
Kidnapping
Loss of autonomy (mind control)
Animal injury

My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

If I die before I wake … A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a recently renovated farmhouse, which turns out to be notorious for being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the owner of the resort — the prime suspect in the case — to represent him. Her investigations uncover some very disturbing occurrences at the farm decades earlier. Things that have never before seen the light of day..

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Nazisim mentioned
Incest mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a child recounted
Murder
Animal death