Some people build a career and call it a life. Carli Frueh built several — sales pro, storyteller, founder — then wrote her way into the space between them. From "The Anomaly in the Construct" to her latest release, "The Moment After Death," Carli turns the same instinct that closes deals into stories you can't put down.

We believe our daughter's death should be investigated further, and we're wondering if race and locale were factors in the choice they made.

The reason these patterns are important is because they tell us where to look. If we can’t explain why two completely separate things are...