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March 23, 2013

“Moonlight pooled on the bedroom floor. Outside the chirr of crickets and other night bugs gave life to the dark. It was not yet July but already hot as blazes. That may have been why I was awake.”

“Ordinary Grace”

By William Kent Krueger

Atria Books, 320 pages, $16.99.

About the Author

A native of Cobb County, Holly Steel is a University of Georgia graduate and has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999.

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