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White River Burning (2018)

af John Verdon

Serier: Dave Gurney (6)

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"It's always a pleasure to watch a keen mind absorbed in a difficult puzzle, which is how Dave Gurney distinguishes himself in John Verdon's tricky whodunits." -- The New York Times 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 racially 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. The situation in White River becomes truly explosive as more killings occur in what appears to be an escalating sequence of retaliations. But when Gurney questions the true nature of all this bloodshed, and zeroes in on peculiar aspects of the individual murders, his involvement is suddenly terminated. Obsessed with evidence that doesn't support the official version of events, Gurney cannot let go of the case. Despite intense opposition from the police, as well as from dangerous fanatics lurking in the shadows, he begins to uncover an astonishing structure of deception--learning that nothing in White River is what it seems to be. White River Burning is the most provocative and timely book yet by the author hailed by The New York Times as "masterly."… (mere)
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La tensión ha ido en aumento en White River. El inminente primer aniversario de la muerte de un motorista negro por el disparo de una policía local inquieta a una población económicamente deprimida y racialmente polarizada, enfrentada por discursos incendiarios, manifestaciones airadas y casos de incendios y saqueos.
La situación en White River se vuelve realmente tensa cuando se producen más muertes en lo que parece ser una escalada de venganzas. Sin embargo, cuando Gurney se pregunta por la verdadera naturaleza de todo este baño de sangre y se centra en aspectos peculiares de cada uno de los homicidios, el fiscal del distrito le ordena desvincularse de la investigación.
Obsesionado con los indicios que no corroboran la versión oficial de los hechos, Gurney decide actuar por su cuenta.
  Natt90 | Feb 28, 2023 |
Unfortunately, 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. ( )
  gmmartz | Aug 10, 2018 |
La tensión ha ido en aumento en White River. El inminente primer aniversario de la muerte de un motorista negro por el disparo de un policía local inquieta a una población económicamente deprimida y racialmente polarizada.

Se han pronunciado discursos incendiarios. Han empezado manifestaciones airadas. Ha habido casos aislados de incendios y saqueos.

En medio de toda esta agitación, un francotirador mata a un agente de policía y la situación se descontrola. El fiscal de distrito del condado acude a Dave Gurney, detective de homicidios retirado del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, con una extraña propuesta: quiere que Gurney lleve a cabo una investigación independiente del homicidio y que le informe directamente a él.

Pese a tener algunos recelos sobre la singular oferta, Gurney termina por aceptar el encargo. Sus dudas se intensifican todavía más cuando conoce al tremendamente ambicioso jefe de policía local, en cuyos métodos agresivos y posiblemente ilegales podría hallarse el origen de la inquietud de los ciudadanos.

La situación en White River se vuelve realmente tensa cuando se producen más muertes en lo que parece ser una escalada de venganzas. Sin embargo, cuando Gurney se pregunta por la verdadera naturaleza de todo este baño de sangre y se centra en aspectos peculiares de cada uno de los homicidios, el fiscal del distrito le ordena desvincularse de la investigación.

Obsesionado con los indicios que no corroboran la versión oficial de los hechos, Gurney decide actuar por su cuenta. A pesar de la intensa oposición de la policía, así como de peligrosos fanáticos que acechan en las sombras, Gurney empieza a descubrir un asombroso entramado de engaños, entre ellos, lo que podría ser el plan de incriminación más diabólico jamás concebido.

La respuesta a esta tenaz investigación se vuelve cada vez más violenta a medida que Gurney se acerca a la verdad que se oculta tras los crímenes. Al final, cuando logra desenmascarar al monstruo que maneja los hilos, Gurney descubre que en White River nada es lo que parece.
  bibliotecayamaguchi | Jul 2, 2018 |
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"It's always a pleasure to watch a keen mind absorbed in a difficult puzzle, which is how Dave Gurney distinguishes himself in John Verdon's tricky whodunits." -- The New York Times 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 racially 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. The situation in White River becomes truly explosive as more killings occur in what appears to be an escalating sequence of retaliations. But when Gurney questions the true nature of all this bloodshed, and zeroes in on peculiar aspects of the individual murders, his involvement is suddenly terminated. Obsessed with evidence that doesn't support the official version of events, Gurney cannot let go of the case. Despite intense opposition from the police, as well as from dangerous fanatics lurking in the shadows, he begins to uncover an astonishing structure of deception--learning that nothing in White River is what it seems to be. White River Burning is the most provocative and timely book yet by the author hailed by The New York Times as "masterly."

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