Everything you need to understand or teach Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout.
In Elizabeth Strout's novel Tell Me Everything, 65-year-old Bob Burgess decides to take a new case when a local man named Matt Beach is suspected of killing his mother. Convinced that he killed his father when he was a child, Bob empathizes with Matt. However, the case becomes increasingly stressful for Bob the more conflict and trouble he encounters in his personal life and familial relationships. Written from the third person point of view, the novel explores themes including trauma, loneliness, and love.