What happened when Jean Macconville, a 38-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her home

and bell fast, never to be seen again?

Patrick Raddenkeef will tell us about this central mystery from the time of the troubles,

and his new book, Say Nothing, a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland.

What do we know about animal emotions and how they are different and the same from our

own?

Ernst Wall will be here to talk about his latest book, Mama's Last Hug, Animal Emotions,

and what they tell us about ourselves.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the literary world, plus we'll talk about

what we and the wider world are reading.

This is the Book Review Podcast for the New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Patrick Raddenkeef joins us from Washington.

His new book, Say Nothing, a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland.

Patrick, thanks for being here.

Thanks for having me.

So you became interested in this story in one of my personal favorite ways for authors

to become interested in stories.

It happens more often than one might think.

Tell us about how you first became interested in the subject of your book.

Well, it was on the obituary page of The New York Times.

In 2013, I stumbled across an obituary.

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