The River We Remember

On Memorial Day,as the people of JewelMinnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the pastthe half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster Riverdead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder 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 Quinn’s 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 Quinn’s death threatens to expose.