Weather is often a major factor in this series and
it certainly is in Tamarack County. As the latest in the series from author
William Kent Kruger opens it is ten days before Christmas. Snow and cold have
descended on the area surround Aurora, Minnesota. But, it wasn’t the snow and
cold that killed the elderly Evelyn Carter, wife of a local judge.
Private Investigator Cork O’Connor won’t know for
hours that she is dead and he won’t be the only one cloaked in ignorance of the
crime. It will be many days before her body is recovered. As Cork and others set out in a search party
to find the missing Evelyn Carter they have no idea what the future holds in
this very complicated case that will lead to the decapitation murder of a
family dog and much more.
The latest in the series is another good one
featuring Cork’s complicated family and many other interesting characters. As
in other books recently of this series, the focus shifts from character to character
as they consider the themes of happiness, faith, and acceptance of others while
dealing with the an increasing set of problems that hit close to home. The
harsh weather conditions of Minnesota in late December is just as much a
character as the characters themselves in this complicated mystery read. For this reader Tamarack County was a
much improved read over recent ones in the series and a read that was very
good.
Tamarack
County
William
Kent Krueger
Simon
and Schuster
August
2013
ISBN#
978-1-4516-4575-0
Hardback
(also available in e-book and audio formats)
315
Pages
$24.99
Material was supplied by the good folks of the Plano
Texas Public Library System and specifically the hard working and much
appreciated staff of the Haggard Branch.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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