Pat D. (pat0814) reviewed on 5/19/2018 + 379 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book has very sympathetic characters and a well-developed plot. The first half of the novel is especially engaging. Joe Talbert is a college student from a dysfunctional family assigned to write a biography of someone he doesn't know, and he chooses a frail man in a nursing home with terminal cancer. The man, Carl Iverson, was incarcerated for thirty years for the murder of a teenaged neighbor girl. Joe is aided in this project by his neighbor, Lila, as they uncover the facts of the case. Carl's character and his history slowly emerge, and they are drawn into solving a mystery with unexpected consequences.

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