White River Burning: A Dave Gurney Novel: Book 6
By John Verdon
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Tensions have been running high in White River as it approaches the anniversary of a fatal shooting of a black motorist by a local police officer. The polarized city is on edge, confronted with angry demonstrations, arson, and looting. In the midst of the turmoil, a White River police officer is shot dead by an unknown sniper. As the town spirals out of control, local authorities approach Dave Gurney to conduct an independent investigation of the shooting.White River Burning is the most provocative and timely book yet by the author hailed by The New York Times as "masterly."
Editor's Note
One big puzzle…
Taps into our current racially charged times as ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney gets called in to investigate the killing of a cop on the one-year anniversary of police shooting a black motorist. An elaborate puzzle that’s rewarding to piece together.
John Verdon
John Verdon is the author of the Dave Gurney series of thrillers, international bestsellers published in more than two dozen languages — Think of a Number, Shut Your Eyes Tight, Let the Devil Sleep, Peter Pan Must Die, and Wolf Lake. Before becoming a crime fiction writer, John had two previous careers — as an advertising creative director and a custom furniture maker. He currently lives with his wife Naomi in the rural mountains of upstate New York — raising chickens, tending the garden, mowing the fields, and devising the intricate plots of the Gurney novels.
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Reviews for White River Burning
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unfortunately, beginning the Dave Gurney series at the end puts me at a disadvantage in knowing some of the characters, but I enjoyed 'White River Burning' quite a lot. Not because it's exceptionally well-written (it's OK), exciting (lots of procedural stuff), or has a hot-shot protagonist with all the answers but because the lead character had the same questions about aspects of the case under investigation as I had while reading the story. It doesn't happen often.Dave Gurney is a retired extremely successful NY detective, living out in the sticks and enjoying a pretty boring existence. Because of his previous work as a homicide detective, he's asked to help out in investigating some seemingly race-related murders that are causing tension in his adopted community. He gets engaged in the investigation and is off and running. Rather quickly, there seems to be a breakthrough in the case, but he, and he alone, sees it differently. Things turn around, there's another breakthrough, and again there are issues. It resolves itself at the end in a pretty violent way.This is a nice procedural that gives great insight into how an effective investigator thinks about criminal activity. Gurney's kind of a boring character but brings tremendous expertise into his role and it was nice to see him have problems with the same things that bothered me. There are usually open issues and gaps in procedurals that cause me to question how a trial would be conducted based on evidence, but he took all that into account and wrapped things up accordingly. It's a worthwhile read.