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William Kent Krueger—"a master storyteller at the top of his game" (Kristin Hannah)—returns with a breathtaking new novel in his New York Timesbestselling Cork O'Connor series.
After the teenage daughter of a prominent Minnesota politician goes missing, a huge manhunt is launched to find her. But when Cork O'Connor's grandson Waaboo stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe woman while hunting blueberries, nobody seems to care. Nobody, that is, except Cork and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police Department. As Cork and the tribal officers dig into the circumstances of her murder, they discover a link to the missing girl that suggests these are not isolated incidents, but evidence of something much more sinister.
Already, tensions in the small town of Aurora, Minnesota, are high as residents gather to protest an oil pipeline that is being constructed through the pristine forests sacred to the Ojibwe at a place known as Spirit Crossing. In the meantime, little Waaboo, who has a unique connection with the dead woman, has become a target for the killers, and Cork's daughter, Annie, has returned home with a secret that threatens to tear the family apart. The closer Cork gets to finding the answers he seeks, the more he fears for the people he loves.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 24, 2024
      In Krueger’s chilling latest case for half-Irish, half-Ojibwe PI Cork O’Connor (after Fox Creek), the former Minnesota sheriff gets involved in a murder investigation after his grandson discovers a shallow grave while picking blueberries. At first, police suspect the body may be that of Olivia Hamilton, the troubled teenage daughter of a state senator, who disappeared weeks earlier. A closer look, however, reveals it to be the corpse of an unidentified Indigenous woman, which causes the FBI and local police to lose interest. The case then lands with the recently established Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police, with O’Connor pitching in. As he and his new colleagues interview members of the local Ojibwe community, O’Connor comes to suspect the body is that of Crystal Two Knives, who’s been missing for six months and whose case has been receiving much less public attention than Olivia’s. When Olivia’s body is also found, he begins to wonder if the two cases are connected. Krueger maintains an eerie tone throughout, folding subtle supernatural elements into one of his most puzzling mysteries to date. This long-running series still has plenty of gas in the tank. Agent: Danielle Egan-Miller, Brown & Miller Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Cork O'Connor's diverse heritage plays a pivotal role in the latest audiobook in this consistently engaging series. O'Connor, who has both Irish and Ojibwe lineage, uses his background to unravel the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of a local politician's teenage daughter and the grave of a young Ojibwe woman. David Chandler is an excellent choice as narrator. His use of subtle inflection contrasts effectively with the intensity he employs to depict the many characters who are indifferent toward the Ojibwe young woman and seek to prevent O'Connor from connecting the two cases. As the audiobook progresses towards its climax, so does Chandler's performance, culminating in a memorable narration. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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