The Good Lieutenant

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By Whitney Terrell ’91

Published May 20, 2016

A new novel by Whitney Terrell ’91, The Good Lieutenant begins when an operation led by Lt. Emma Fowler goes spectacularly wrong and then unspools backward in time from there, revealing what happens when good intentions destroy, experience distorts, and survival becomes everything. Terrell ’91 is assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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