AUTHOR CHAT w/ William Kent Krueger - The River We Remember

Join me & EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE William Kent Krueger to discuss his latest @bookofthemonth novel The River We Remember. Krueger answers all our questions: his love of MN, what inspired this novel, how the title changed, why his standalone covers coordinate, which character is his favorite and more.

“[Krueger] is a fine storyteller, but it is his understanding of his characters & his sense of the past that make The River We Remember more than just a story. As novels go, this one is a work of art.”—The Denver Post

In 1958, a small MN town is rocked by a shocking murder, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel, an instant NYT bestseller and “a work of art” @denverpost

🇺🇸 On Memorial Day in Jewel, MN, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. The investigation falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical & emotional scars from his military service.
Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions & accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern 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 & her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, & a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories & harbor secrets that Quinn’s death threatens to expose.

🏠 Both a complex, spellbinding mystery & a masterful portrait of mid-century American life that is “a novel to cherish” (@startribune ), The River We Remember offers an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad & at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, & a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.

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