The River We Remember

In 1958,a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murderpouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novelan instant New York Times bestseller and ΓÇ£a work of artΓÇ¥ (The Denver Post). On Memorial Day in JewelMinnesotathe body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster Riverdead from a shotgun blast. The investigation falls to Sheriff Brody Derna highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsyvicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestonea Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violenceDern struggles not only to find the truth of QuinnΓÇÖs murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past. Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent sonthe intrepid publisher of the local newspaperan aging deputyand a crusading female lawyerall of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that QuinnΓÇÖs death threatens to expose. Both a complexspellbinding mystery and a masterful portrait of mid-century American life that is ΓÇ£a novel to cherishΓÇ¥ (Star TribuneMinneapolis)The River We Remember offers an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at homea moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to healand a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.