''The Watchman'' is a

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

novel by American author Davis Grubb.

Story line and development

The novel, set in the town of Adena, West Virginia concerns the dark family secret of Sheriff Luther Alt, and his daughters Jill and Chris. When Cole Blake is murdered, events get out of hand.

Editions

* Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. This was Grubb's second novel for Scribner's

Reviews

Louis Grubb in his preface to ''You Never Believe Me'' quotes ''Time Magazine's'' review of the novel: "The latest of the author's marrow chilling tales of good and evil—a mixture of poetic rage against cruelty in man, a song of praise of physical love, a cry of despair at the blows dealt to the innocent young".Introduction by Louis Grubb, in Grubb, Davis, ''You Never Believe Me'', St Martin's Press, New York,, p. ix, 1989.

References

1961 American novels American crime novels Novels by Davis Grubb Novels set in Appalachia Novels set in West Virginia Charles Scribner's Sons books {{1960s-crime-novel-stub