Clues from beyond the grave convict a killer and cause townspeople of Denton, Kentucky to question the finality of death. Three teenagers disappear without a trace. One victim's newborn brother has fearful nightmares and recalls things only his dead brother would know. The parents attach no significance to this until the boy becomes terrified of a local handyman and his mother reads a book on reincarnated children. She contacts the book's author and learns that her son may be his reincarnated brother. With that, she begins an uphill battle to learn the truth about her first son's disappearance and to convict the culprit. But, without a body, her efforts seem in vain. Complicating everything are the firm convictions of Denton residents that we only live once. Grave Convictions couples murder and reincarnation in a setting where people's beliefs about death clash with findings from real-life research. Even for those who do not believe in the paranormal, it provides timely advice for improving one's life and the lives of others.
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William Pillow was educated as a pharmacist, served in the USAF Medical Service Corps, and worked for a Fortune 500 company for thirty-four years. He wrote or edited five educational textbooks, several dozen articles for professional journals, and two trade periodicals. Trained as a scientist, he had been skeptical of psychic phenomena. Seven years ago, while reading a book by a well-known psychic, Pillow recalled an almost-forgotten comment made by his grandson five years before: what if this is not the real world? This prompted him to read everything he could find on reincarnation, near-death experiences, and similar paranormal phenomena. His emphasis has been on scientific research documenting claims of previous lives and near-death experiences.
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From Chapter 12: "Mrs. Anderson read my book," Sean said, "and she contacted me about Tim. I explained to her that what happened with Tim is entirely consistent with a young child who is the reincarnation of his dead brother. I told her that reincarnated children typically have spontaneous memories, which often last only a few minutes. These are more likely to occur when they are asleep. Most of the time, they are their usual selves. By the time they reach school age, these memories fade."
Dr. Jahnsen spent much of the next hour presenting his research and findings as well as information and publications from many other reputable researchers. These included physicians and psychiatrists who had also worked in such related areas as near-death experiences, hypnotic regression, and other psychic phenomena.
"I must admit," Charlene revealed, "my husband and I do an awful lot of reading. Since he is a newspaper publisher, he is especially interested in controversial topics. So we’ve read a lot about some of the concepts you mentioned."
She acknowledged, "You’ve done a good job, Dr. Jahnsen, convincing me that Tim Anderson just may be a reincarnation of his dead brother, Zeke. But I still don’t understand what all this has to do with me or the criminal justice system. It sounds like all of you--except Detective Frank--believe that little Tim has some memories which might implicate the person who kidnapped Zeke."
Chris responded, "Well, I mentioned to my mother Tim’s violent reaction to that old house, and she said that’s where Jack Walton used to live. But it still didn’t occur to me to link Walton with Zeke’s disappearance."
"Then," Chris disclosed, "about a month or two ago, my mom and I were in the shopping mall with Tim, and a man came over to say hello. My mom recognized him and introduced him as Jack Walton. Immediately, Tim froze. He went as white as a sheet. Walton excused himself and my mom and I quickly rushed Tim out into fresh air. But it took an hour or two before we were able to soothe him."
"What you’re telling me, then," Charlene broke in, "is that you believe Jack Walton kidnapped and killed Zeke?"
"Wait," persisted Chris, "there is more! Once Tim calmed down a bit, he yelled, ‘Man who hurt me! Man who hurt me!’"
"Well," admitted Charlene, "this is the first time I’ve ever been presented with a case of this sort. You all know that what you’re telling me is only circumstantial evidence, at best."
Frank protested, "I don’t think anybody would believe that this little boy can identify his dead brother’s killer!"
As if contradicting the detective, Charlene continued, "You’ve certainly provided some very compelling information. Of course, our case could be a lot stronger if your son’s body had been found."
Charlene might have categorically dismissed this case, had she herself not had an experience very early in her life, which was equally weird. It was something that she never forgot and yet she never came to understand fully. It bothered her that these people were now introducing ideas, which sounded vaguely related to this long-buried memory from her childhood.
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William Pillow was reared as a Southern Baptist Christian and once considered entering the Christian ministry. Instead, he was educated and practiced as a Virginia pharmacist. He then worked for Eli Lilly and Company for thirty-four years. Building upon his work at Lilly in developing continuing education programs for pharmacists, he explored fiction writing after retiring. His first public literary effort led to his first book and to his screenplay adaptation of that book. Much later, his urgent concerns about aging and his wife's lingering illnesses provoked questions about life and death seemingly not answered by his Christian upbringing. He began a search of literature from health care professionals and the clergy. As a skeptic about the paranormal and metaphysical by training, he happened upon research by eminent professionals that suggested soul survival of bodily death. So he launched a never-ending search for credible reports about soul survival, the afterlife, and reincarnation. This led him to a conviction about God and personal spirituality and his second book. He also documented emerging scientific advances that significantly affect human health and well being, resulting in his third and fourth books. His fifth book will be: "Is This All There Is to Life? The Quest for Meaning." He currently is writing his sixth book, a Christian self-help book entitled "Can You Love Your Neighbor If You Don't Love Yourself?" His seventh book will emphasize the neuroscientific reasons for babies' need to feel love and attachment and to experience nurturing, entitled "You Can Be Your Child's Best Friend ... or Worst Enemy."
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Combines a murder mystery with concepts of reincarnation,
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Strongly recommended reading, Grave Convictions is an original novel that combines a fictional murder mystery with concepts of reincarnation drawn from real-life experiences of survivors near-death experiences and other paranormal phenomena. Clues from beyond the grave convict a killer and cause the townspeople of Denton, Kentucky to question the finality of death. When three teenagers disappear without a trace, one of the missing teen's newborn brother has fearful nightmares and recalls things only his dead brother would know. The parents attach no significance to this until the boy becomes terrified of a local handyman and his mother reads a book on reincarnated children. She contacts the books' author and learns that her son may in fact be his reincarnated brother. With that, she sets out to lean the truth about her first son's disappearance. Grave Convictions is a work of deftly written fiction, but it also provides within the context of a riveting story, timely advice for improving the reader's own life as well as the lives of others.
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This review is from: Grave Convictions (Paperback)
I enjoyed very much reading the book. The author was skillful in weaving the story in such a way that it was hard to put down the book. He managed to hook the reader at the end of each chapter in a way that made the reader look forward to continue reading.
The description of relationships of those he wrote about made the book a good read.
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