Title: Black River
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.
Subjects: Correctional personnel, Widowers, Stepfamilies, Prisoners, Parole, Loss (Psychology), Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Widowers, fiction, Montana, fiction, Fiction, general, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / General, Literary, General