Author: williamkentkrueger
An Edgar Award–winning novel and a New York Times bestseller: In 1961, tragedy strikes Frank’s family as he stands on the cusp of adulthood. Four decades after that fateful summer, he looks back on the forces that ushered him irrevocably out of innocence.
From a New York Times bestselling author comes a “punch-to-the-gut blend of [a] detective story and investigative fiction” (Booklist starred review): When a plane carrying a prominent US Senator crashes in remote mountains, former cop Cork O’Connor and his son must unravel a monstrous plot…
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land…This story is as big-hearted as they come.” –Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the … Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the…
The sixth novel in William Kent Krueger’s award-winning suspense series finds Cork O’Connor running for his life — straight into a murderous conspiracy involving teenage runaways. In well-crafted settings that are beautiful and unforgiving, with unforgettable characters and jaw-dropping surprises, William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor thrillers have drawn a flood of awards and praise. The … awards and praise. The latest in the series finds the sheriff running for his life from professional hit men who have already put a bullet through his leg. Desperate, he finds sanctuary outside a small town called Bodine on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan…
With nearly 5,700 five-star ratings on Goodreads: When a judge’s brutal slaying coincides with the disappearance of a Boy Scout, former sheriff Cork O’Connor must battle small-town corruption and an unforgiving winter for answers he may not want to face. An Anthony Award winner.
The Quetico-Superior Wilderness: more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted islands on the Canadian/American border. Somewhere in the heart of this unforgiving territory, a young woman named Shiloh — a country-western singer at the height of her fame — has disappeared. Her father arrives in Aurora, Minnesota, to hire Cork O’Connor to find his daughter, and Cork … daughter, and Cork joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two FBI agents, and a ten-year-old boy. Others are on her trail as well — men hired not just to find her, but to kill her. As…