I donlt want to risk spoiling anything for anyone but i think readers should be aware going in that Archie does not get mutilated or physically traumatised to any significant degree in this edition of the Agonising Archie Chronicles. There's a certain amount of emotional traumatisation, but that goes without saying. As does the appearance of a number of bodies to puzzle the police and dear old Gretchen isn't far off having been uncharacteristically low of key in the previous instalment. Fans of this sort of thing will find this thing fantastic.