Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout. ( From the publisher. Missouri native Allen Eskens stunning small-town mystery (New York Times Book Review) is a necessary exploration of family, loyalty, and racial tension. Allen Eskens is the USA Today-bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, The Heavens May Fall and The Deep Dark Descending. Cant remember the title or the author of a book Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you.
But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. AUDIO DOWNLOAD Delivered wirelessly via email. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.Īs Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same.Ĭarl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class.
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