REACH THE SHINING RIVER

Kansas City, 1935. Emmett Whelan, an idealistic county prosecutor who has left behind his Irish roots and married into the country club set, takes on the city's corrupt political machine when he investigates the brutal murder of a black musician. As Emmett gets deeper into the case, the racial violence deteriorates. So does his personal life. He searches the city for the heart of its corruption and discovers that it runs deeper and a lot closer than he has ever suspected. And when the truth unfolds – about the killings, the machine, Emmett's wife – a surprising and devastating climax reverberates at every level of the city. Reach the Shining River is an urban crime drama about money, race, and class. Tense and full of memorable characters, it has the smell of a big river, the atmosphere of 1930s America, and a soundtrack that is pure jazz and blues.