The sleepwalker
One or two intimate scenes, fade to black or lightly described.
Euphemistic. Softened or poetic language, little direct anatomy.
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When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing.
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