

Carl agrees to talk to Joe whose research reveals that Carl was found guilty of raping and murdering seventeen-year-old Crystal Marie Hagan in 1980.

Receiving a call about his mother's arrest, Joe rushes off to take care of Jeremy, his autistic brother. When Joe Talvert visits Hillview Manor in search of a subject for his biography class assignment, the director and the receptionist suggest that he interview Carl Iverson, a convicted murderer dying of cancer. This engaging narrative explores the concepts of justice, honesty, and responsibility as Joe seeks to uncover the truth hidden in the past. He finds inconsistencies in the case and realizes the convicted murderer may have been wrongfully accused. "The Life We Bury" by Allen Eskens is a mystery novel about a young college student whose assignment in a biography class leads him to investigate a thirty-year-old murder.
