White Crosses, Larry Watson
White Crosses, Larry Watson
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White Crosses

Author: Larry Watson

Narrator: Beau Bridges

Abridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/1997


Synopsis

Larry Watson's previous fiction evoking contemporary Western small-town life has won him awards, a dedicated readership, and unqualified critical praise. Now he has written a novel that envelops the rich emotional terrain of his beloved Montana in a mystery that is both unexpected and unforgettable.

After a nighttime accident at the bottom of Sprull Hill in Bentrock, Sheriff Jack Nevelsen is compelled to try and protect a part of his hometown that even a hero would have trouble saving -- its innocence. For most everyone in the community would agree that June Moss, the quiet girl who had just graduated from high school, and Leo Bauer, the principal of Bentrock Elementary and a married man like Jack, had no business heading out of town together.

As Jack sets out to unravel the mystery of their deaths, he begins to create a story to shield his town, a lie that will reverberate throughout an entire community, and into the shadows of his own heart.

About Larry Watson

Larry Watson was born in Rugby, North Dakota and raised in Bismarck. He is the recipient of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, a National Endowment of the Arts award, and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Regional Book Award. Watson teachers English at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Points.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 30, 2019

Jack Nevelsen is the sheriff of a small county that is tucked into northeastern Montana--isolated from the larger world and very sparsely populated. Jack lives in the tiny town of Bentrock and is always very nervous on the night of the town's high school graduation. The new graduates are often tempt......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on November 16, 2013

I like the story this book has to tell- but overall was disappointed. The main character spent entirely too much time thinking about things that really had nothing to do with anything. I had to force myself to keep reading. It got better towards the end but I was just ready for it to be over. It's a......more

Goodreads review by Betty on November 10, 2021

Though I really like his writing style, I just couldn't finish this. For some reason it irritated me. When I decided to discontinue with it, I read the ending because I wanted to see what happened (even tho I thought I knew already). The first time I have EVER done that when reading a book.......more