{"product_id":"what-couldnt-stay-buried-a-prequel-to-plausible-deniability-the-kept-things-a-literary-crime-series-by-kristin-brown","title":"What Couldn't Stay Buried: A Prequel to Plausible Deniability (THE KEPT THINGS A Literary Crime Series by Kristin Brown)","description":"Bob Crain was a good man. Everyone said so.\nHe showed up when he said he would. He remembered your name. He left a generous tip. His clients trusted him. His congregation loved him. His daughter Sylvie grew up in his house picking up a frequency she could never name, and when she finally had the language for it, she had spent twenty years becoming a federal investigator without knowing why.\nBut the women he chose never knew Bob.\nThey knew Robert. Robert who listened the way almost no one listens. Robert who asked questions and remembered the answers and said their name with the specific weight of someone who had been paying the fullest possible attention. Robert Wade, who appeared in their lives on ordinary days and gave them nothing to be afraid of and everything to trust.\nWhat Couldn't Stay Buried traces one man across seven decades. Bob Crain, beloved by everyone. Robert, known only by the women he chose and the interior place where he kept everything he could never release. Between those two selves: eight women, each fully alive, each rendered in the specific textures of her ordinary life before the silence.\nAnd the people who carried them.\nBeverly Kowalski sat by her phone for thirty seven years. Christine Bright learned to let the feeling go where it needs to go. Terri Gough answered a call in a parking lot on a Wednesday afternoon. Sandra stood at the top of a path and could not go down. Martin closed his eyes on Tuesday evenings and kept returning. Deb ran three thirty six. Margaret's Bible knew where to open.\nRobert Crain thought he was keeping them.\nHe was wrong.\nSome things do not go into the ground with the person.\nSome things stay.\nA companion novel to Plausible Deniability. Can be read alone or in sequence.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0H3BX21LT\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0H3BX21LT.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Brown, Kristin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43627211817021,"sku":"BVV.B0H3BX21LT.G","price":12.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0H3BX21LT-0.jpg?v=1789508337","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/what-couldnt-stay-buried-a-prequel-to-plausible-deniability-the-kept-things-a-literary-crime-series-by-kristin-brown","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}