Frank Carlson Library

An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University's School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple- well-respected, prosperous, and happy. All that came crashing down in December...

Chronicles the true story of Mary Winkler, a mother of three who in 2006 had shot and killed her husband Matthew, a Church of Christ minister in Selmer, Tennessee.