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Showing posts with label Cork O'Connor series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cork O'Connor series. Show all posts
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Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Boundary Waters: William Kent Krueger: Boundary Waters is the 2nd book in the Cork O'Connor series. I bought this book as soon as I finished Iron Lake , the first book in th...
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Saturday, December 08, 2018
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Iron Lake: William Kent Krueger
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Iron Lake: William Kent Krueger: Iron Lake is William Kent Krueger's first novel, starring Cork O'Connor, the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, ousted in a recen...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Review: "Windigo Island: A Novel" by William Kent Krueger
As legend has it there is a vengeful
spirit named Michi Peshu, or Windigo. That terrible creature will
call your name before it satiates its hunger for human flesh by first
ripping your heart from your chest and then consuming it and the rest
of your body. It is said to dwell in Lake Superior and the
surrounding area, but to prefer Windigo Island over the surrounding
area. It is that small island where late one night the body of a
local Indian girl, Carrie Verga, arrives to terrorize three boys who
were on the island because of a middle of the night dare.
Carrie Verga was a young runaway are
many of the girls of the local tribes. She took off with a young girl
by the name of Mariah Arceneaux. She is distant family to Cork
O'Connor's friends Rainy and Henry Meloux. As is Daniel English who
has brought word of what happened and is requesting help. While the
girls vanished over a year ago, the discovery of Carrie's body has
spurred her mother who has significant health and other issues to
turn to Daniel Silva for help. They need Cork O'Connor's help in
locating Mariah and bringing her back home. He is reluctant as there
is so little to go on and after recent events he does not want to
start poking around in a new case. Jenny clearly wants to help and
because of that Cork agrees to check a few things out and see if
anything can be discovered.
What follows is a very complicated tale
full of spirituality and nuance featuring complicated characters and
a complex far reaching plot. Broken into three distinct sections, the
point of view shifts from Cork O'Connor to Jenny and then back to
Cork O'Connor. A distinct point of the middle section in the
consideration by Jenny of how her father has changed over the years
and when or even if the taking of a life is justified. One gets the
sense that the author might be considering a spin off type series
featuring Jenny. If so, such a series could prove very interesting as
there is much material to work with her back story as well as by way
of what happens in this novel.
Windigo Island: A Novel
is another good one from William Kent Krueger. Once again he pays
tribute to the land and its people while also delivering a mighty
good mystery.
Windigo Island: A Novel
William Kent Krueger
Atria Books (Simon and Schuster)
2014
ISBN# 978-1-4767-423-5
345 Pages
$24.99
Material supplied by the good folks of
the Plano Texas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple (c) 2014
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Review: "Tamarack County" by William Kent Krueger
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
Review: "Tamarack County" by William Kent Krueger
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
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Book Review: "Trickster's Point: A Novel" by William Kent Krueger
Cork O’Connor may have thought about killing Jubal
Little. He may have gone to the site for a lot of reasons – including having it
out with the man who might have been the first Native American elected governor
of Minnesota. But, Cork O’Connor didn’t kill him. Even if others don’t
understand why he stayed there with Jubal and watched him die without going for
help. Even if the distinctive handmade arrow in Jabal’s chest indicates Cork
did.
Cork is being set up and knows it even if most members
of law enforcement don’t see it that way. Jubal Little had a long list of
public adversaries because of who he was and what he planned to do as governor.
There are also private adversaries that not that many know about. Ones that go
back to childhood when Cork and Jubal, both fatherless, grew up together and
formed a bond that still connected them deep into adulthood. The list of potential real suspects is long
and Cork has to investigate on his own to clear his name while law enforcement
finds more and more evidence against Cork.
Shifting in time through the extensive use of
flashbacks, author William Kent Krueger tells a complicated tale of past
friendship, murder, and political advantage in his latest book. A book that also shows the Cork family
changing in so many ways. Things are
moving forward with his expanded family and yet Cork continues to get himself
into situations that his son would prefer he stay out. Cork can’t help it. It
is in his blood.
Another good book in the series, Trickster’s
Point is a complicated and often highly atmospheric read as it moves
slowly forward. Much is made of the
always present Indian heritage as well as past history of several characters. While
this twelfth novel in the series could be read as a standalone those who have
read the proceeding books starting with Iron Lake will get considerably more
out of this latest effort.
Trickster’s Point: A Novel
William
Kent Krueger
Atria
Books (Simon and Schuster)
2012
ISBN#
978-1-4516-4567-5
Hardback
(also available as e-book)
329
Pages
$24.99
Material supplied by the good folks of the Plano,
Texas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
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