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Everything That Goes Unsaid Authors: E. Randolph Richards & Brandon O'Brien There are some parts of the Bible that we read and then glance up from in confusion (the Book of Revelations, for example), but in many places we know the meaning of the text. Or do we? How enmeshed have we become in our own culture, our own time? We see Paul exhort women to dress modestly – and we instantly think of covering skin. But is that what modesty really means? We see passages speaking to us personally, but as far as the macrocosm of humanity, everyone is on [...]

Author: Fiona Barton She remembers the moment he died: a simple point in an ordinary day, despite the undercurrents, when the car came out of nowhere. And now the reporters won’t leave her alone. Now everyone knows she was the wife of THAT MAN, and they want to know if it is true about what he did. They want to know what it is she knew. About the girl. About the kidnapping and the hidden body. But Jean isn’t saying anything; she’s stood by her man this far, hasn’t she? But maybe everything is different now? When ambitious journalist Kate Waters [...]

Homicides and Hometowns Author: Jane Harper Aaron Falk is back in his hometown in The Dry. His small, oppressive, hostile hometown. And he’s back for the funeral of his childhood best friend, a man who is accused of shooting his wife and son before shooting himself. Tensions in the little town, beleaguered by a drought and endless financial trouble, are already running high. This is just one more thing, and Falk’s return ignites both hate and memory. Seeing him at the funeral, people just remember the past, remember him and his best friend and that other long-ago death. But Falk is [...]