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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"My father died of shock after hearing that my brother was dead," he said.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan’s bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just about any spare plot of land.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Harry Byrne walloped the restart after Lucu's try dead, and while Bielle-Biarrey also kicked one long, the ball brushed Keenan's hand on its way through.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Clare, who had been feeling more dead than alive only moments before, was now buzzing.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman