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Three unforgettable Cork O’Connor mysteries in one thrilling collection! Blood Hollow: When the corpse of a beautiful high school student is discovered 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, Minnesota's former sheriff, isn't about to hang the crime on a kid he's convinced is innocent. In an uphill battle to clear Solemn's name, Cork encounters no shortage of adversity. Mercy Falls: Sheriff Cork O’Connor is called to investigate a mutilated body found perched above the raging waters of Mercy Falls. The victim is Eddie Jacoby, a Chicago businessman involved in negotiating an unpopular contract between his management firm and the local Indian casino. Sparks fly when the wealthy Jacoby family hires a beautiful investigator to consult on the case. But once Cork discovers ties between one of the Jacoby sons and his own wife, Jo, he begins to suspect that the events in Aurora have a darker, more personal motive than he could ever have imagined. Copper River: Sheriff Cork O’Connor is 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 in an old resort owned by his cousin, a bitter widow whose husband may have been killed by cops. When the body of a young girl surfaces along the banks of the Copper River and another teenager vanishes, Cork must choose between helping to solve these deadly mysteries and thwarting the hit men who draw closer to him with every hour.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961. “That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.” New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder. Frank begins the season preoccupied with the concerns of any teenage boy, but when tragedy unexpectedly strikes his family—which includes his Methodist minister father; his passionate, artistic mother; Juilliard-bound older sister; and wise-beyond-his-years kid brother—he finds himself thrust into an adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal, suddenly called upon to demonstrate a maturity and gumption beyond his years. Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him. It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God.

Cork O'Connor, ex sceriffo e ora investigatore privato, ha perso sua moglie. Il charter su cui lei era in viaggio non è risultato disperso in una tormenta di neve sulle montagne del Wyoming. Cork, rimasto solo, ha perso la voglia di lottare. Ma quando, tempo dopo, due donne lo convincono a indagare sul pilota, quel misterioso incidente aereo assume una luce diversa.

"The roots of this book were a series of writing classes held at The Mystery Company in Carmel, Indiana and co-sponsored by the Writer's Center of Indiana."--Introd.

Three exciting Cork O’Connor mysteries in one package! Includes an exclusive introduction by William Kent Krueger that describes his experience writing these first three novels in his New York Times bestselling series. Iron Lake: Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Corcoran “Cork” O’Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota. Embittered by his “former” status and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, Cork gets by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago’s South Side, there’s not much that can shock him. But when the town’s judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on a mind-jolting case of conspiracy, corruption, and scandal. Boundary Waters: Somewhere in the heart of the unforgiving Quetico-Superior Wilderness, near the U.S./Canada border, a young woman named Shiloh—a country-western singer at the height of her fame—has disappeared. Cork O’Connor joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two FBI agents, and a ten-year-old boy. Others are on Shiloh’s trail as well—men hired not just to find her, but to kill her. As the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on Aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town’s snowy streets. Meanwhile, out on the Boundary Waters, winter falls hard. Cork’s team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a Minnesota blizzard, death—violent and sudden—stalks their every move. Purgatory Ridge: Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. When an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstrom’s nearby lumber mill, it’s obvious where suspicion will fall. Former sheriff Cork O’Connor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. For one thing, he is part Anishinaabe. For another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe. Meanwhile, near Lindstrom’s lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. And it soon becomes clear to Cork that harmony, both at home and in Aurora, will be on the back burner for some time.

A collection of excerpts from the Cork O’Connor novels, including: Iron Lake, Boundary Waters, Purgatory Ridge, Blood Hollow, Mercy Falls, Copper River, Thunder Bay, Red Knife, Heaven’s Keep, Vermilion Drift, Northwest Angle, Trickster’s Point

With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O'Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger's unforgettable New York Times bestselling series. With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O'Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in William Kent Krueger's latest unforgettable New York Times bestseller. During a houseboat vacation on the remote Lake of the Woods, a violent gale sweeps through unexpectedly, stranding Cork and his daughter, Jenny, on a devastated island where the wind has ushered in a force far darker and more deadly than any storm. Amid the wreckage, Cork and Jenny discover the body of a teenage girl. She wasn't killed by the storm, however; she'd been bound and tortured before she died. Nearby, underneath a tangle of branches, they also find a baby boy, hungry and dehydrated, but still very much alive. Powerful forces intent on securing the child pursue them to the isolated Northwest Angle, where it's impossible to tell who among the residents is in league with the devil, but Cork understands that to save his family he must solve the puzzle of this mysterious child whom death follows like a shadow.

Somewhere in the world, a murderer is poised to strike. Meet the men and women who can stop him before it’s too late. Introducing fifteen of the most clever and irresistible sleuths in world literature. SAMPLE EXCERPTS FROM: COLLECTING COOPER by Paul Cleave THE BURNING SOUL by John Connolly BURNED by Thomas Enger MIDWINTER BLOOD by Mons Kallentoft SHUNNING SARAH by Julie Kramer NORTHWEST ANGLE by William Kent Krueger LAST WILL by Liza Marklund DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS by Walter Mosley BLESSED ARE THE DEAD by Malla Nunn UNWANTED by Kristina Ohlsson DOG ON IT by Spencer Quinn THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES by M. J. Rose THE GOAT WOMAN OF LARGO BAY by Gillian Royes A DOUBLE DEATH ON THE BLACK ISLE by A. D. Scott SOUTH BY SOUTHEAST by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes

Discovering that he has been set up when Native American Governor-elect Jubal Little is murdered with one of Cork's bow-hunting arrows, Cork O'Connor recalls his complex relationship with Jubal while struggling to clear his name and find the real killer.

Dans la lignée de Craig Johnson et de Donald Harstad, un superbe thriller sur fond de culture indienne, prenant pour cadre les décors naturels du Minnesota. Corcorac "Cork" O'Connor est irlandais par son père et indien anishinaabe par sa mère. Après une carrière dans la police de Chicago, il est revenu vivre dans sa ville natale d'Aurora, Minnesota pour occuper le poste de shérif. Mais un conflit à l'issue dramatique l'a contraint à démissionner et il vit désormais seul, séparé de sa femme, Nancy Joe, avocate en charge des intérêts indiens. Le jour où le juge d'Aurora est retrouvé mort dans d'étranges circonstances et qu'un garçon d'origine indienne est suspecté de l'avoir tué, les tensions s'exacerbent entre les communautés. Alors qu'un blizzard s'abat sur la ville qui disparaît peu à peu sous la neige, Cork va devoir affronter les fantômes du passé pour faire surgir une vérité bien plus inattendue encore que tout ce qu'il avait imaginé. Avec une écriture d'un réalisme presque documentaire, William Kent Krueger nous fait voyager dans les paysages glaciaux et menaçants qui ont servi de décor naturel à Fargo ou à Un plan simple pour une enquête passionnante et pleine de rebondissements. L'attention qu'il porte à la nature du Minnesota se double d'un portrait passionnant du peuple indien, de sa culture, de ses croyances et de son intégration dans le monde moderne. Aurora, Minnesota a reçu les deux plus prestigieux prix américains de littérature policière, l'Antony Award et le Barry Award.

William Kent Krueger’s gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift. When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in Tamarack County, Minnesota, and Cork is hired as a security consultant. Deep in the mine during his first day on the job, Cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. Five appear to be nearly half a century old—connected to what the media once dubbed "The Vanishings," a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when Cork’s father was sheriff in Tamarack County. But the sixth has been dead less than a week. What’s worse, two of the bodies—including the most recent victim—were killed using Cork’s own gun, one handed down to him from his father. As Cork searches for answers, he must dig into his own past and that of his father, a well-respected man who harbored a ghastly truth. Time is running out, however. New threats surface, and unless Cork can unravel the tangled thread of clues quickly, more death is sure to come. Vermilion Drift is a powerful novel, filled with all the mystery and suspense for which Krueger has won so many awards. A poignant portrayal of the complexities of family life, it’s also a sobering reminder that even those closest to our hearts can house the darkest—and deadliest—of secrets.

Receiving evidence that a plane crash that killed his wife may not have been an actual event and that she may still be alive, Cork O'Connor travels to Wyoming to investigate allegations about the pilot's identity and is confronted by a series of deadly interferences.

When mayhem descends on a tiny logging town, former sheriff Cork O’Connor is called upon to investigate a murder in this “wonderful page-turner” (The Denver Post) that “prolongs suspense to the very end” (Publishers Weekly) by Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger. Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. When an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstrom’s nearby lumber mill, it’s obvious where suspicion will fall. Former sheriff Cork O’Connor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. For one thing, he is part Anishinaabe. For another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe. Meanwhile, near Lindstrom’s lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. And it soon becomes clear to Cork that danger, both at home and in Aurora, lurks around every corner…

Former small-town sheriff Cork O’Connor leads a desperate search-and-rescue mission into the unforgiving Minnesota wilderness in this “gritty, bloody adventure” (Publishers Weekly) from critically acclaimed author William Kent Krueger’s award-winning mystery series. 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. Cork joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two FBI agents, and a ten-year-old boy. Others are on Shiloh’s trail as well—men hired not just to find her, but to kill her. As the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on Aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town’s snowy streets. Meanwhile, out on the Boundary Waters, winter falls hard. Cork’s team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a Minnesota blizzard, death—violent and sudden—stalks them.

Krueger's hero is running from professional hit men and he stumbles upon a murderous conspiracy involving teenage runaways.

Leaving behind a stressful law enforcement career to become a private investigator in his small Minnesota hometown, Cork O'Connor is asked by an Ojibwe healer to help him find the son the man fathered years earlier, a case that culminates in an attempt on the Ojibwe's life.

El parque natural de Quetico-Superior: un millón de hectáreas de bosques primigenios, rápidos de aguas blancas e islas inexploradas en la frontera entre Canadá y Estados Unidos. En algún lugar en pleno corazón de este agreste territorio, en la zona conocida como Boundary Waters, Shiloh —una cantante de country-western en la cumbre de la fama— desaparece. Su padre llega a Aurora, Minnesota, empeñado en contratar a Cork O’Connor —antiguo sheriff de Aurora y viejo amigo de la familia— para que encuentre a su hija. A pesar de sus reticencias iniciales, Cork se ve obligado a formar parte de una expedición de búsqueda compuesta por el padre de Shiloh, un ex presidiario resentido, dos agentes del FBI y un niño de diez años. Pero no son los únicos que van en pos de Shiloh. Tras su pista también hay hombres a sueldo: contratados no sólo para encontrarla... sino también para matarla. Mientras la expedición se adentra en aquel paraje salvaje, unos extraños llegan a Aurora amenazando con derramar sangre sobre las calles blanqueadas por la nieve; todo por un crimen que ha permanecido sin resolver durante quince años. Entretanto, en Boundary Waters el invierno empieza a hacer sus estragos. El equipo de Cork pierde todo contacto con la civilización, y la muerte, tenaz y repentina como las implacables tormentas de nieve de Minnesota, les acecha. Con EL SUSURRO DEL WÉNDIGO, William Kent Krueger sorprendió a crítica y público como una voz de electrizante frescura dentro de los anales del suspense. Vívida, explosiva y tremendamente absorbente, LA CAZA DE SHILOH no es sólo una obra maestra de la intriga, es mucho más; es una brillante novela donde se entremezclan la codicia, el asesinato y la supervivencia, una extraordinaria y arrebatadora narración que sitúa a Krueger como uno de los autores más versátiles y con mayor talento de nuestros días.

O'Connor is caught in the middle of a gang dispute between the Aurora Anglos and the Ojibwe Reservation Red Boyz, a situation that turns deadly when the Red Boyz leader and his wife are found murdered.

Cork O’Connor oyó hablar por primera vez del Wéndigo en otoño de 1965, cuando cazó aquel gran oso con Sam Luna de Invierno. Tenía catorce años y hacía uno que su padre había muerto. Sin embargo, habrían de pasar treinta años antes de que tuviera motivos para recordar al Wéndigo. Treinta años hasta que le oyera pronunciar su nombre. Parte irlandés, parte Anishinaabe, Corcoran «Cork» O ́Connor, antiguo sheriff de Aurora, pequeña ciudad de Minnesota, vive abrumado por los hechos que desembocaron en su destitución, por el fracaso de su matrimonio y por la consiguiente separación de sus hijos. Su vida carece de sentido, refugiándose en grandes dosis de cafeína, nicotina y culpa. Pero cuando el juez de la ciudad es brutalmente asesinado y un joven indio desaparece en medio de una gran tormenta de nieve, decide tomar las riendas de un caso en el que se topará con oscuros intereses económicos, grupos neo-nazis y secretos inconfesables que harán de esta pequeña población un polvorín a punto de estallar. Rápidamente, Cork entra en conflicto con las fuerzas vivas del condado; un joven y ambicioso senador, los líderes tribales indios y el nuevo sheriff. Entonces, es cuando un viejo indio le cuenta que un Wéndigo está detrás de todos estos acontecimientos... y que morirá más gente. «Muchos lectores llamarán a las puertas de Cork O ́Connor. Yo seré uno de ellos» Michael Connelly «William Kent Krueger posee una de las voces más frescas y auténticas de la novela policíaca» S. J. Rozan

Anthology of mystery stories set in a Minnesota resort and written by Minnesota authors.

Deux cultures s'affrontent : au nord d'Aurora, dans le Minnesota, se dresse une immense étendue de pins blancs centenaires que les Indiens considèrent comme sacrés. Cependant, Karl Lindstrom, un important industriel du bois, prévoit de raser le lieu pour l'exploiter. Aux premières lueurs de l'aube, alors que les incendies de forêt font rage dans la région, la petite ville tranquille, située au bord du lac Iron, est réveillée en sursaut par une violente déflagration. L'explosion fait une victime. Accident ? Attentat ? Les soupçons se portent évidemment sur la tribu ainsi que sur diverses organisations écologiques décidées coûte que coûte à sauvegarder ces arbres magnifiques. William K. Krueger nous entraîne dans un suspense d'une extrême originalité où, sous une noble cause - la défense de la nature -, se dissimulent les instincts les plus bas de l'homme.

In this “smart and satisfying” (Booklist) award-winning mystery from William Kent Krueger’s stunning Cork O’Connor series, the charismatic detective faces his most dangerous case to date. 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. The victim is Eddie Jacoby, a Chicago businessman negotiating an unpopular contract between his management firm and the local Indian casino. Sparks fly when the wealthy Jacoby family hires a beautiful private investigator to consult on the case. But once Cork discovers an old and passionate tie between one of the Jacoby’s sons and his own wife, Jo, he begins to suspect that dark, personal motives lurk behind recent events. Murder, greed, sex, and jealousy hide around every corner in this maze of danger. But somewhere beneath the turbulent Mercy Falls lies the truth—and Cork is determined to find it.

Thirteen tales of mystery by Minnesota's premier crime writers.

When a high school student’s body is found and her boyfriend goes missing, tough-as-nails former sheriff Cork O’Connor is forced into the center of an eerie mystery with a shocking twist in this “vivid and realistic” (Booklist), Anthony Award-winning novel from New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger. When the body 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 isn’t about to hang the crime on a kid he’s convinced is innocent. In an uphill battle to clear Solemn’s name, Cork encounters no shortage of adversity. Some—like bigotry and bureaucracy—he knows all too well. What Cork isn’t prepared for is the emergence of a long-held resentment from his own childhood. And when Solemn reappears, claiming to have seen a vision of Jesus Christ in Blood Hollow, the mystery becomes thornier than Cork could ever have anticipated. And that's when the miracles start happening.

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 at his side. Assigned to protect her, Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen soon falls under Kate's spell. He also suspects the accident is part of a trap set for Kate by David Moses, an escaped mental patient who once loved her. What Bo and Moses don't realize is that they're caught in a web of deadly intrigue spun by a seemingly insignificant bureaucratic department within the federal government. Racing to find answers before an assassin's bullet can kill Kate, Bo soon learns that when you lie down with the devil, there's hell to pay.