Everything We Didn’t Say
Juniper Baker was 19, college bound, and deeply in love on the night her world was torn apart. As fireworks lit up the summer sky, her neighbors were brutally murdered right outside their barn, and—to her horror—her younger brother became the prime suspect. In an instant, everything she loved fell away. She escaped, pledging never to return to her tiny Iowa town.
Until now. Juniper is back in town to “help a friend.” But really, she’s here to repair her relationship with her teenage daughter who her parents have raised, the source of her deepest regret—and to solve the infamous Murphy murders. As history begins to repeat itself, the race to the truth puts past and present on a dangerous collision course. Except this time, it’s her daughter’s life that hangs in the balance.
Moderated by: Kali White VanBaale, a Des Moines-area creative writing professor and award-winning author of novels, short stories, essays, and articles.