BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250509T153000Z DTEND:20250509T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar DESCRIPTION:Join us at the library as we discuss The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar. \n\nREGISTER HERE\n\nAN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE\n\n\n\nIn 1958\, a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murder\, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel\, an instant New York Times bestseller and "a work of art" (The Denver Post).\n\n\n\nOn Memorial Day in Jewel\, Minnesota\, 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 and 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 and 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. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at the library as we discuss \;The River We Remember \;by William Kent Kruegar. \;

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REGISTER HERE

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AN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE
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\nIn 1958\, a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murder\, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel\, an instant New York Times bestseller and &ldquo\;a work of art&rdquo\; (The Denver Post).
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\nOn Memorial Day in Jewel\, Minnesota\, 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 and 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 and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence\, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn&rsquo\;s murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past.

\n LOCATION:Wauconda Area Public Library 801 N. Main St. Wauconda\, IL 60084 UID:e.2057.16517 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260513T083003Z URL:https://business.waucondachamber.org/events/details/mystery-book-club-the-river-we-remember-by-william-kent-kruegar-16517 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR