{"id":177,"date":"2025-07-03T18:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2025-07-26T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:00:08","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"177\" class=\"elementor elementor-177\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ab3679 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0ab3679\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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A philosopher might not be dead. And Claire Sinclair just wanted to get through one academic conference without losing her mind \u2014 or her partner.<\/p><p>Set against the snow-covered quiet of a small liberal arts college in Iowa, Theoretically Dead is a mystery that resists easy answers. When Claire stumbles across a body that vanishes before help arrives, she\u2019s pulled into a world of missing persons, cryptic notes, academic politics, and one very inconvenient shipment of sperm.<\/p><p>Balancing dry humor with real emotional depth, the story unfolds through Claire\u2019s sharp, self-deprecating voice \u2014 part amateur sleuth, part reluctant observer of her own messy life. As the mystery deepens, so does the question of what really matters: truth, love, or the story we tell to make sense of both.<\/p><p>Witty, intelligent, and quietly subversive, Theoretically Dead is a mystery for readers who enjoy characters with brains, plots with bite, and a world that feels just a bit too familiar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f9894 elementor-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"10f9894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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This Tinker Marks book has it all! I cracked up at some of the one-liners; too many to single one out. I did guess the perp fairly\nearly on, but didn't guess the motive, yet it made perfect sense. Only problem I had was how much of a door mat Claire is for\nEmma. Nothing's perfect, but I'm already looking forward to the next book by this talented husband\/wife team.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-WG6LMGB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-39\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-WG6LMGB.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-WG6LMGB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-WG6LMGB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-WG6LMGB-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Reviewed on July 2, 2002 on Amazon<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Morgan Hunt<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"2\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d8709 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3d8709\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-787f924 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"787f924\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127aa17 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"127aa17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-testimonial-quote\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314856b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-header-info\" data-id=\"314856b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-header-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >        <ul class=\"ekit-header-info\">\n                                    <li>\n                            <a > \n                                <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-star-1\"><\/i>                                4.5                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10643e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"10643e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">Theoretically Dead is a most engaging read. A Philosophy conference on the campus of a small midwestern college provides a\nsetting ripe with possibilities for murder. Academic rivalries, love, loyalty, and professional ambitions all come into play when a\ndistinguished, but eccentric, philosopher turns up dead.\nWhereas the notion of following the shenanigans of a cadre of philosophers at an academic conference might seem dry to some\nreaders, the charming but beleaguered narrator keeps the tone light and the perspective amusingly mundane. We are put at\nease by her own admission of disinterest in the subject.\nTheoretically Dead provides a refreshingly personal view of academic life. It peels away the academic stereotypes and presents\nindividuals with distinguished professional careers and quirky insecurities. The characters are well drawn, and they linger in your\nmind.\nThe Midwestern college setting provides a rich sense of place that reminds me of A Cunning Man or The Rebel Angel by Robert<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-XTB6FNS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-40\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-XTB6FNS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-XTB6FNS-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-XTB6FNS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-XTB6FNS-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2001 on Amazon<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Judy Bennett<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"3\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf4e7b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fdf4e7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2537e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2537e1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13cea41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"13cea41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-testimonial-quote\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c94f667 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-header-info\" data-id=\"c94f667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-header-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >        <ul class=\"ekit-header-info\">\n                                    <li>\n                            <a > \n                                <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-star-1\"><\/i>                                4.5                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa1f3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"3aa1f3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">Tinker Mark's book happens right here in Iowa....with references to my hometown. The two main characters were real in their\nevery day emotions and life. As a whodunit...it kept me waiting until it was almost too late. Imagine running all over town trying\nto keep a test tube frozen! And then the humanitarian side where they assist their elderly neighbors in coping with a gay son. It\nwas suspenseful, funny, and heartwarming. Loved it.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-teenager-P9VC9B4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-41\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-teenager-P9VC9B4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-teenager-P9VC9B4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-teenager-P9VC9B4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-teenager-P9VC9B4-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2002 on Amazon<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Beverly<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"4\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df2a985 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df2a985\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11cb84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c11cb84\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03523f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e03523f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-testimonial-quote\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c82c4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-header-info\" data-id=\"5c82c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-header-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >        <ul class=\"ekit-header-info\">\n                                    <li>\n                            <a > \n                                <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-star-1\"><\/i>                                4.5                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e5f01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"b1e5f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">The genre listed on the back is \"Mystery\/Lesbian.\" It should be: \"Humor\/Lesbian\/Academia\/Mystery.\"\nThere is more about sperm, relationships, philosophy, and academic disputes than about investigating a murder. If you keep\nthat in mind and don't consider this a traditional murder mystery, you can enjoy this book immensely.\nAfter all, how many murder mysteries have an opening line such as this?\n\"Imagine you were on your way to a party where people would talk about things like 'Conceptual Traditions in Agnostic Ontology' or 'Existential Dilemmas in Cartesian Dualism.' Would you be in a hurry?\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-park-of-a-city-M6DTBSK.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-42\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-park-of-a-city-M6DTBSK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-park-of-a-city-M6DTBSK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-park-of-a-city-M6DTBSK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/markweb.clients-demo-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/portrait-of-a-young-woman-in-a-park-of-a-city-M6DTBSK-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Reviewed an 27, 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">William Crosby<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home About The Books Theoretically Dead A dead man disappears. 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