White Crosses (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of White Crosses Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of White Crosses Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Larry Watson: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of White Crosses Friday, July 17 2009.

• WHEN SHERIFF JACK NEVELSEN GOT THE CALL FROM THE DISPATCHER about the accident out on Highway 284-single car, two fatalities-his first thought was, kids.