The Carlswick Conspiracy (The Carlswick Mysteries Book 3)
The Carlswick Mysteries series
- 4.4 out of 5
- 96 ratings
- 256 pages
Overall Content Rating: Restricted R
This read centers on crime, celebrity entanglements, and peril around music and art-world dealings. Dialogue includes recurring swearing and insults, sometimes in high-stress or hostile moments rather than constant throughout every scene. Parents should expect substantial violence: shootings, deadly outcomes, fistfights, and frequent references to blood and injury, including aftermath on characters and clothing. Sexual material in the samples is limited to brief non-explicit nudity; there is no explicit sexual activity described in the provided passages.
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Crude Mild
4Apart from words handled under profanity, crude tone is light: muttered insults about foolish behavior and occasional mild vulgar phrasing about circumstances. Several sampled matches for similar wording are ordinary speech or figures of speech, not crude humor.
Amazon reviews mentioning crude
Specific words
- idiot: 2
- stupid: 1
- suck: 1
Profanity Moderate
16Characters use mild and stronger swearing scattered through dialogue, including name-calling in arguments, frustration after mistakes, and a threatening line during a armed confrontation. Totals are modest but spread across the story.
Amazon reviews mentioning profanity
Specific words
- shit: 7
- bastard: 4
- hell: 3
- bitch: 2
Sex Mild
1Sexual content is minimal in the samples. The only clear match is a brief moment of shirtless nudity without described intimacy.
Specific words
- topless: 1
Violence Heavy
22Physical danger is a major thread: gunshots, a fatal shooting with pooling injury, sniper fire, punches that break noses, kicking during abduction, and repeated descriptions of bleeding on clothing and bodies. Tension includes using a character as a human shield.
Amazon reviews mentioning violence
Specific words
- blood: 14
- bleed: 3
- punch: 3
- kick: 1
- smash: 1
About this book
An enemy who won’t be stopped. A legacy that refuses to stay buried. Eighteen-year-old Stephanie Cooper is thrilled to join her boyfriend, James Knox—rock guitarist for indie band The Fury —in New York for the final week of their tour. But the band’s rising fame has drawn dangerous attention, and Stephanie’s museum research project unexpectedly puts her on a collision course with an old adversary. From Manhattan’s glittering bars and backstage chaos to the shadowed tenements of the 1940s Lower East Side, Stephanie is pulled into a high-stakes chase for the truth. A faceless blackmailer is tightening their grip, and every clue she uncovers about wartime Nazi art liberator Karl Hoffman only raises the stakes. As the threats escalate, Stephanie is forced into a deception she never intended—and she and James find themselves fighting for their lives against an enemy who knows exactly how to strike at the people she loves most. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and The Inheritance Games , this YA mystery/thriller blends dark secrets, dangerous enemies, and a pulse‑pounding race through past and present New York. Finalist, Wishing Shelf Book Awards Read more