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The Key to Midnight

Leigh Nichols (1979)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads4.01

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Heroine archetypes

Amnesiac HeroineMusician

Protagonist archetypes

Amnesiac

Synopsis

Almost twelve years ago, American Joanna Rand arrived in Japan to become a singer in a nightclub. In all that time, she has never been able to escape the strange dream that haunts her night after night. Each time she awakens, she feels violated, used—and terrified. Alex Hunter knows that Joanna is not who she thinks she is, because he has seen her before—in photographs of a senator’s daughter who disappeared twelve years ago. And there is only one way to unlock the dark secret of her soul...

Is The Key to Midnight appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This psychological thriller contains mature themes of memory manipulation, identity erasure, and psychological abuse. Violence is implied rather than graphic, with suspenseful investigation into a conspiracy.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include emotional abuse, kidnapping, and amnesia (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Readers will be gripped by the mystery of Joanna's true identity and the dark conspiracy that stole twelve years of her life.

Tags

Psychological ThrillerMysterySuspenseContemporary Fantasy