title: Through the Rain: A True Crime Memoir of Murder and Survival
author:  Marla Bernard 
description: A former police sergeant, Marla Bernard is a passionate victim's rights advocate, writer and public speaker. She received her Masters of Arts with honors from Baker University. She serves as adjunct faculty for a national university where she has written several criminal justice courses. Her work has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul and she is currently writing her second book. Marla and her husband, retired Sgt. David Bernard, reside in Kansas City near the loves of their lives - their two children and three grandchildren.
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  Introduction copyright © 2008 by Michael Connelly
  
  
  
  
  
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  “Serial Killer,” copyright © 2008 by Jon L. Breen
  
  
  
  
  
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  “A Change in His Heart,” copyright © 2008 by Jack Fredrickson
  
  
  
  
  
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  “Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl,” copyright © 2008 by Persia Walker
  
  
  
  
  
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