The River We Remember

 Minnesota author William Kent Krueger is the author of The River We Remember. The story is set in 1958 in a small town in south/central Minnesota. A wealthy landowner is found dead in the river and Sheriff Brody Dern tries to find out how he died. Was it suicide or murder? People in the town talk and a rumor starts that native American veteran is responsible for the death. He eventually ends up in jail and his wife is harassed. We don't find out until the very end who murdered the man but it ends up being someone no one suspected. I enjoyed the description of the town and the river and the countryside. The character development was excellent.