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The Widow

by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

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Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes

by Emily Craig

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Jun 14, 2026 12:00PM

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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker (Goodreads Author)

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“But this time when I pull away from him, it is agonizing. Not found, but lost. I pause, stand on the precipice of memory, wanting so desperately to fall into it, knowing I can't. Jonas is animal, Peter is mineral. And I need a rock.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“The waiting begins early, I think. The lies begin early. But so do dreams and hopes and stories.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“Her worst advice: Think Botticelli. Be like Venus rising on a half shell, lips demurely closed, even her nakedness modest.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“There is no such thing as unforgiveable between people who love each other. But even as I'm thinking it, I know it's not really true.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“He takes my hair in his fists, kisses me. Rough, hard, unhinged. I don't want to give in, but I kiss him back with a love that feels like drowning. The breathless desire to breathe.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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