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Barron didn’t blink. He reached under the counter and pulled out a device that looked like a cross between a 1950s transistor radio and a medical heart monitor. It was brass-heavy and warm to the touch.

"I need a way to hear her," Arthur said, his voice cracking. He laid a photograph of his late wife on the glass counter. "The recordings I have… they aren't enough. I need to hear what she’s saying now ." barron's best buys

"Arthur, you forgot the milk again," her voice shimmered through the speakers, clear as a bell. Barron didn’t blink

Through the static, he heard his own voice, terrified: "Get out of the house, Arthur! The gas—" " Arthur said