A Perilous Question: An International Thriller & Crime Novel (The Marcie Kane Thriller Collection Book 2)
The Marcie Kane Thriller Collection series
- 4.2 out of 5
- 166 ratings
- 262 pages
Overall Content Rating: Restricted R
This mystery-thriller follows an adult investigator and law enforcement into human trafficking and abduction linked to a charitable project overseas. Expect sustained peril, shootings, crashes, and descriptions of injured and dead victims, along with thematic material about exploitation of young women, pimps, and prostitution without focusing on explicit sex acts throughout. Language includes scattered mild to moderate swearing and insults in high-pressure dialogue. Parents should also know there is a depicted sexual assault involving groping, a one-line reference to a lesbian ex-spouse in an argument, and reviewer notes that some street-level dialogue may feel culturally inconsistent but still contains rough speech.
Reviews first uploaded September 29, 2026 9:48 pm. Revised October 7, 2026 11:04 am. Page updated October 7, 2026 11:04 am.
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Crude Mild
7Characters use blunt insults such as calling others foolish or idiotic during arguments and regret; sampled matches for the crudest verb sense are absent.
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- stupid: 4
- idiot: 3
LGBTQ+ Mild
1A woman is identified as a lesbian in a single hostile exchange; it is not a developed storyline in the samples provided.
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- lesbian: 1
Profanity Mild
20Swearing and insults appear occasionally across the story, including mild expletives under stress, name-calling in street and workplace confrontations, and a few stronger compound insults. Totals are modest for a thriller-length book and are not constant on every page.
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- damn: 6
- hell: 5
- ass: 4
- bitch: 3
- shit: 2
Sex Moderate
4The plot centers on human trafficking and the sex trade; prostitution is discussed and women on the street are referenced without graphic sexual acts on the page. Reviewers describe the romantic thread as restrained, but there is at least one scene of explicit non-consensual touching during an assault, described in some physical detail without full explicit intercourse.
Specific words
- hooker: 3
- grope: 1
Violence Heavy
26Physical danger is frequent: gunfire, car chases, beatings, and deaths, including imagery of serious facial injury and pooling blood after shootings. Characters also fight back with kicks and punches during abduction and rescue situations.
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- blood: 18
- kick: 4
- punch: 2
- smash: 2
About this book
A vacation in Tanzania turns into a rescue operation of two young girls from human trafficking Marcie Kane, a strong and independent divorced woman, is on vacation in Tanzania, when her enjoyment is shattered: while visiting a dormitory she helped fund, a teenage girl asks her a perilous question – “When are you taking me to America?” Harmless as it may seem, Marcie realizes that, posed to the wrong person, this question could spell disaster for the girl and her friend. Her fears prove to be well founded. A sophisticated adventure in the midst of organized crime As Kane discovers, the girls are victims of an international human trafficking ring centered at no place other than her home state of Florida. Her reckless attempts to help, quickly spiral out of control, leading to deadly consequences. All the while, her independence is being challenged by the handsome FBI agent working on the case. A Perilous Question is a compelling story that will shock and entertain you, by award winning author Barry Finlay, named to the Authors Show’s list of “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” in 2012. It weaves the facts of international human trafficking into a gripping suspense thriller you will not be able to put down. Get your copy of A Perilous Question now! Read more