A ghostwriter for a famous Patterson-type moves to Florida during the pandemic. She starts jotting down vignettes of her days, all the ordinary things, all the weird things, some of them typical Florida weird – big animals, big weather – and some most assuredly NOT typical weird – missing sisters, cults, ghosts, a belly button …
Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle recounts the excavation of unmarked graves at the Dozier School for Boys in Florida. Kimmerle and her team uncovered more than 50 unmarked graves at the reform school, where boys often reported sexual assault, beatings, and disappearances. History should not be forgotten, and Kimmerle shows that Florida still has a long …
By Becky Merilatt from Secret Garden Books in Seattle, WA: Four years ago, I came back to work at the Secret Garden after spending a few years at home raising my two boys. My return to work also meant a return to reading, a practice that had nearly been lost to me while elbows deep …
