This book grabbed me from the first sentence. Very exciting to read for the first 1/3 of the book, very suspenseful!...then it just fell flat for me. This is the first I have read from this author and would probably give him another shot based on other reviews of his previous books. With this ...
I am not one for mysteries, but Krueger writes mysteries with substance. So when I get the hankering for something different, it is to Krueger I go. This did not disappoint. I had to read it faster than I might have if I didn't have four other library books here waiting to be read. You have t...
When the corpse of a beautiful high school student is discovered on a hillside four months after her disappearance on New Year's Eve, all evidence points to her boyfriend, local bad boy Solemn Winter Moon. Despite Solemn's self-incriminating decision to go into hiding, Cork O'Connor, Aurora's for...
An explosion has rippped through the local lumber mill, killing a nightwatchman and putting the entire town of Aurora, Minnesota, on edge. The suspects are from the local native tribe, which has been protesting the mill owner's threats to clear-cut their sacred stand of trees.
From the creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Cork O'Connor mystery series comes a haunting, atmospheric, conspiracy thriller. When President Clay Dixon's father-in-law -- a former vice president -- is injured in a farming accident, First Lady Kate Dixon returns to Minnesota to be ...
William Kent Krueger joined the ranks of today's best suspense novelists with this thrilling, universally acclaimed debut. Conjuring "a sense of place he's plainly honed firsthand in below-zero prairie" (Kirkus Reviews), Krueger brilliantly evokes northern Minnesota's lake country -- and reveals ...
Two distractions right off the bat: WKK switched to first person POV for Corks voice. It was...off for me. Next distraction was the audiobooks fault, they changed the narrator. The narrator they switched to has done the five PJ Tracy Monkeewrench books, so instead of hearing "Cork's voice", a...
Two-time Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has "moved to the head of the crime fiction class" ("Chicago Sun-Times") with his gripping series featuring Sheriff Cork O'Connor. In "Copper River," Cork is running for his life -- and straight into a murderous conspiracy involving teena...
Back in the saddle as sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork O'Connor is lured to the nearby Ojibwe reservation on what appears to be a routine call -- only to become the target of sniper fire. Soon after, he's called to investigate a mutilated body found perched above the raging waters of Mercy Falls....
A wind had risen out of the southwest sweeping in thick clouds the color of soot. He saw us coming from the church parking lot under that oppressive sky and he eyed us with concern. We were looking for Gus, I lied with amazing ease and Jake made no attempt to contradict me. I’m going to Emil Bran...
They flew in a shifting V, dark and purposeful against the butter yellow sky where the sun was setting. Along the lakeshore, the poplar and birch were already leafed out. It had been a mild winter; actually, it had not been much of a winter at all. There’d been hardly any snow, the lakes had froz...
Sam’s Place was, in a way, the vault of his heart. It held good memories, treasures that reached back over forty years. It had been bequeathed to him by the man who’d built the business, a Shinnob named Sam Winter Moon, who’d been his father’s good friend and then Cork’s. With the help of his chi...
“We all did it,” she said. “Me, Lindy Duvall, Carrie’s mom. Others I could name. Our mothers did it, too. Even some of our grandmothers when they were kids. And it wasn’t just us. I met girls from other reservations. None of us had money. Nobody would give us jobs. We didn’t have casinos back the...
Sloane shouted.“Stormy!” Cork called toward the woods.Sloane dug in his pack and brought out an ammo clip and a handgun. “O’Connor, watch the boy. He goes nowhere, understand?” He grabbed a flashlight and headed up the trail toward the landing.Arkansas Willie Raye stood motionless beside his half...
A few of his neighbors were out, standing on their lawns, watching the sheriff’s people and agents of the BCA moving in and out of his house. The driveway was blocked by a Tamarack County Sheriff’s Department cruiser and a dark blue sedan with state plates, and the garage door had been raised. Je...
Although a gun was pointed at his back, Henry showed no sign of being frightened. She couldn’t ever recall seeing the ancient Mide afraid. At least for himself. His concern was always for others. Death, she knew, held no fear for him. She’d often heard him say that he was so old he thought of Dea...
He looked tired. He said he’d stayed up half the night talking with Marlee, trying to get her calmed down enough so that she could sleep. Cork wondered if talking was the only technique his son had employed. Stephen offered to go with him back out to the rez, but Cork told him to get some sleep, ...