The Life We Bury

I very much enjoyed The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens which is set in USA.  College student, Joe Talbert, has to write an assignment about an older person.  He visits a nursing home and he's told about a resident, Carl Iverson, who is dying from cancer.  Carl was convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl 30 years before.  He has been released from prison to die.  Joe has a lot going on in his life with an autistic younger brother, Jeremy, who lives with their mother, an alcoholic.  Joe meets a young woman in his apartment block who becomes interested in Joe's project.  Quite suspenseful. 41/2/5