In The Garden
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Book 1: Two detectives try to decide if the events of a tragic massacre thirty years prior have anything to do with their current investigation. The truth they seek is buried in lies and in the minds of those who were there. Can ghosts of the past really come back? Is there more to the story than what lies on the surface? Are these ghosts of the past real or simply nothing more than a legend?
"A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt to be dangerous."
Alfred Adler
"And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity."
Jeremiah 9:5
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