Title: The Life We Bury
Author: Allen Eskens
Genre: Mystery
Joe is a college student with an assignment to interview someone and write their life story. Having a difficult family life and no one else to interview, Joe decides to go to a nursing home to find someone to write about. There he meets Carl, a Vietnam veteran and also a convicted murderer. As Joe learns more about Carl's life, he starts to doubt the conviction and takes it upon himself to reopen the case and absolve Carl before he dies. Will Joe find what he's looking for before it's too late?
This was an engaging mystery that actually kept me guessing!
- Sarah P.