The Great Meadows

Levi Motley is an aimless rambler fleeing his latest personal tragedy. Moussa Diab is a spiritual pilgrim journeying to a Trappist monastery. When Levi spots Moussa hitchhiking down a rural Kentucky highway, their lives become ensnared in a decades-old mystery unfolding in the bourbon capital of the world, Bardstown.

Levi delivers the young pilgrim to his destination. Three days later, Moussa's body is discovered on a nearby riverbank. Within twenty-four hours, a local man confesses to the killing.

But he's lying.

Why?

Because small towns hold dark secrets. This secret draws Levi into a perilous confrontation with an amorphous power bent on concealing the truth. If Levi can uncover the secret and check that power, then he will reconcile the wounds of his troubled past and discover what really happened to Moussa Diab out there in the elusive Great Meadows.

But the thing about dark secrets is...they're meant to remain untold.

The Great Meadows is a captivating mystery woven into the southern fabric of the Bluegrass State, a place replete with natural beauty and a complex history that informs the hearts and minds of its people. This compelling novel combines the propulsive elements of popular suspense with the expansive themes of literary fiction. Sophisticated and meticulously crafted, this story of dark secrets and festering family wounds is replete with a host of unforgettable characters on a quest for a truth that will transform the characters and reader, alike. By the time this long-sought-after truth is revealed, the reader will feel entertained and inspired while yearning for yet another journey through the mysterious Great Meadows of Kentucky.

Author: Christopher Walsh
Publisher: Christopher Walsh Author
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9798992867626

About the Author
Walsh, Christopher: - Christopher Walsh is the author of "The Great Meadows," a propulsive literary mystery set in the bourbon capital of the world, Bardstown, Kentucky. As a native Bardstownian, Christopher is uniquely gifted to journey with the reader into the heart of the Bluegrass State, a place imbued with a rich and complex history that informs the pageant of unforgettable characters inhabiting this novel of bother literary and commercial distinction. A career educator, Christopher earned his doctorate at Spalding University and has served as a teacher, principal, professor, and dean. He currently serves as Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Christopher resides in Greenwood, Indiana, with his wife, Sallie, where he is diligently working on the follow-up to his literary debut, a novel that promises to carry the reader on another exciting journey through the mysterious Great Meadows of Kentucky.