Black River
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: Jan 20, 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780544309876
Description: A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront the inmate who, twenty years ago, held him hostage during a prison riot.

When Wes Carver returns to Black River, he carries two things in the cab of his truck: his wife's ashes and a letter from the prison parole board. The convict who held him hostage during a riot, twenty years ago, is being considered for release.