Murder & Attempted Murder – Page 44 – Trigger Warning Database

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches for a fabled treasure; the other, a changeling, searches for the truth behind her origins, trying to find a place to fit in with the realm of fae who made her and the humans who shun her. Iselia “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde… but as an autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it more difficult to fit in with the humans around her. When Seelie and Isolde are caught up in a heist gone wrong and make some unexpected allies… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & fantastical eugenics
Child abuse recounted (secondary character)
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Death of parents recounted
Murder
Knife violence
Kidnapping & captivity
Loss of autonomy (magical compulsion)
Fire
Bullying

You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, she is surprised and a little hurt to hear from her former best friend after so many years of radio silence. But when Amaya learns that the groom is her very own ex-boyfriend, she is consumed by a single thought: She must stop the wedding from happening, no matter the cost.

But as the weeklong wedding celebrations begin and rumors about Amaya’s past begin to swirl… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Paedophilia
Domestic abuse
Self-harm
Drug use
Unplanned pregnancy
Abortion mentioned
Murder
Incarceration
Blackmail

A Different Dawn by Isabella Maldonado

A family is murdered as they sleep. FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera and her new team are tasked with determining whether there is any link between this attack and another triple homicide from four years earlier and more than two thousand miles away. In the process, they’ll discover a serial killer so cunning that his grisly trail of death spanning nearly three decades has gone undetected. Each crime scene reminds Nina of the ghostly Latin folktale of La Llorona, which terrified her when she was an abandoned and vulnerable child… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child abandonment recounted
Death of a child
Murder-suicide

The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado

FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer’s trap at sixteen. Years later, when she’s jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Legions of new fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her eleven years ago is watching. Determined to reclaim his lost prize, he commits a grisly murder designed to pull her into the investigation…but his games are just beginning. And he’s using the internet to invite the public to play along… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape & child sexual abuse
Child abandonment recounted
Foster care system
Murder
Kidnapping
Stalking
Torture recounted

How to Break an Evil Curse by Laura Morrison

The King of the Land of Fritillary has incurred the wrath of his ex-bestie, the evil wizard Farland Phelps. Farland curses the King’s firstborn to die if touched by sunlight, and just like that, Julianna must spend her life in the depths of a castle dungeon (emptied of prisoners and redecorated in the latest fashion, of course). A young woman of infinite resourcefulness, all she needs is a serving spoon, a loose rock in the wall, and eight years of digging, and Julianna is free to explore the city—just not while the sun is out!.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Misogyny
Executions mentioned
Poisoning
Imprisonment mentioned

String Follow by Simon Jacobs

Something strange is happening to the teens in Adena, Ohio.

A mysterious force is seeking vulnerabilities to exploit, friendships to hijack, untapped rage to harness toward its own ends. Who will serve it best? Claire is abrasive and aimless, embarrassed by her privilege. Weak-willed David entertains fantasies of cultish orgies, while Tyler covertly takes up residence in his basement. Greg wages war on the voices in his head, while his sister Beth quietly, furiously unravels… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual assault
Schizophrenia & psychosis
Attempted suicide
Drug use
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a child
Murder
Gun violence
School shooting
Car accident
Fire

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

The rule is simple: don’t bleed.

For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction.

Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her. Can Molly find a way to stop the tide of blood, or will she meet her end at the hand of a girl who looks just like her?.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Incest*
Necrophilia mentioned
Delusions, including a diagnosis of Capgras Syndrome
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Self-harm including cutting and self-inflicted wounds
Graphic blood & gore depiction (theme)
Body horror
Medical procedures including autopsies
Dismemberment
Hospital
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother and father, off-page
Death of a child
Murder & attempted murder
Strangulation
Gun violence
Graphic knife violence & stabbing
Graphic physical assault
Captivity
Fire
Death of a pet dog
Animal death & dead bodies including butchery

Context: a) there is a scene where the protagonist is interrupted having sex with her boyfriend by her doppelgänger and they let her join in and b) it is mentioned that the protagonist’s father caught her touching her doppelgänger’s genitals when she was a kid.

Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

Alek and Deryn are abroad the Leviathan when the ship is ordered to pick up an unusual passenger. This brilliant/maniacal inventor claims to have a weapon called Goliath that can end the war. But whose side is he really on? While on their top-secret mission, Alek finally discovers Deryn’s deeply kept secret. Two, actually. Not only is Deryn a girl disguised as a guy…she has feelings for Alek. The crown, true love with a commoner, and the destruction of a great city all hang on Alek’s next–and final–move.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Murder
Gun violence
Military violence & war themes

Where They Wait by Scott Carson

Recently laid-off from his newspaper and desperate for work, war correspondent Nick Bishop takes a humbling job: writing a profile of a new mindfulness app called Clarity. It’s easy money, and a chance to return to his hometown for the first time in years. The app itself seems like a retread of old ideas—relaxing white noise and guided meditations. But then there are the “Sleep Songs.” A woman’s hauntingly beautiful voice sings a ballad that is anything but soothing—it’s disturbing, and more of a warning than a relaxation—but it works. Deep, refreshing sleep follows. So do the night… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child abuse
Suicide
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a child
Murder
Torture
Gun violence
Car accident
Stalking
Fire & arson

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris’s best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fort… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape & sexual assault, on-page & discussed
Suicide & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Graphic animal death
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Dismemberment
Loss of autonomy (possession & mental manipulation/control)
Murder & mass murder, on-page, discussed in-detail
Torture mentioned
Gun violence, on-page
Knife violence
Explosions & bombings, on-page
War & rebellion (central theme)
Battle scenes & military violence, on-page