Barbara Stager appeared to be a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her North Carolina community. When she "accidentally" shot her husband, a popular high school coach, the police believed it was an accident. Then they found out her previous husband had died in a similar m...
I exercise my right to my own opinion in reviewing this book as I am quite sure there have been more than a few people who were angry about the story of Velma Barfield. I do believe in God, and I do believe church is good for people. However, this is just one more example of why church itself s...
DNFI love big books, but at 1072 pages on my laptop, this was a chore to read, and with 100 pages to go I abandoned it.Firstly, the number of people in this book, some of them adding nothing to the story, is mind-boggling, and it was exhausting trying to keep track of everyone. I had to keep a no...
The river itself is narrow, black and forbidding, often without definable banks, wandering aimlessly through cypress-studded swamps. Even in the lushness of summer, with crops at their peaks and marshlands and woods in rampant tangle, an impression of emptiness prevails. Bullards have lived on th...
He was just five years younger than his father had been when he was killed, and he was the very picture of Larry. He was so much of their blood, yet so alien to them; so physically close, yet so far away. He looked so forlorn and lonely that they both burst into tears. “It hurts,” Henry said. “It...
“And during all this period you have certainly had ample opportunity to think about your situation and what would be in your best interest, have you not?” “Yes, sir.” “In recognition of your plea, is it not true that the state reduced charges against you and has agreed not to prosecute other char...
She asked Tom for a description of his former wife, Susie.“Why do you want to know?” he said.“Something has happened.”“What?”“I’m not at liberty to say.”“What the hell has happened?” he demanded.“I can’t—”He slammed down the receiver.Earlier that day, Tom had tried to call Dan Davidson to find ou...