Cork O'Connor mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Cork O'Connor has lost both his wife and his job as sheriff and falls into a profound emotional isolation. As a wild blizzard buries his lakeside town, a despised though influential resident is found dead, and a young Ojibwe Indian boy seems to have left home in a hurry. Cork has never taken Indian legends to heart, but when an old sage warns him that a cruel spirit with a heart of ice is near, all that changes.
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Drawing strong comparisons to the work of James Lee Burke and Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries never fail to please fans. Here Cork joins the search for a country-western singer who has disappeared in the wilderness along the American/Canadian border. "Krueger's writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank."-Publishers Weekly
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstrom has a bad enviromental reputation. Members of the local Ojibwe Anishinaabe tribe are concerned about the proximity of an ancient sacred expanse of great white pines to his lumber mill. When an explosion at the mill is claimed by the "Eco-Warrior" the disagreement escalates. Then the explosion becomes a homicide when a respected member of the tribe is found charred. The small town is on the brink of war, and
...4) Blood Hollow
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Multiple Anthony Award winner William Kent Krueger returns to Minnesota's North Woods country for another chilling entry in his Cork O'Connor series. In this thrilling mystery, former sheriff Cork O'Connor confronts the paranormal while investigating baffling murders. After 17-year-old Charlotte Kane-the beautiful, brilliant, and brooding daughter of a rich widower-disappears on a drunken New Years' Eve snowmobile ride, a raging blizzard soon snuffs...
5) Mercy Falls
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author William Kent Krueger thrills millions with this Anthony Award-winning entry in his compelling series that already includes Anthony Award winners Iron Lake and Blood Hollow. Still troubled by an ambush that leaves his deputy lingering near death, Sheriff Cork O'Conner must investigate the mutilation murder of a Chicago businessman. Soon Cork finds himself distracted by the lovely female shadowing him and the handsome man stalking...
6) Copper River
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
William Kent Krueger has won two Anthony Awards for his gripping Cork O'Connor mysteries. Set in remote areas of the northwest, each book in the series launches the Minnesota lawman into challenges that push his endurance to new limits. Part Irish, part Native-American, Sheriff Cork O'Connor serves the remote territory of Tamarack County, Minnesota. But big trouble is brewing: a powerful man believes O'Connor killed his son. Now there's a price on...
7) Thunder Bay
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In William Kent Krueger's "finest work" (Michael Connelly), detective Cork O'Connor unravels a mystery for his old friend Henry Meloux, only to get caught in the blistering crossfire of jealousy and revenge. The promise, as I remember it, happened this way. Happy and content in his hometown of Aurora, Minnesota, Cork O'Connor has left his badge behind and is ready for a life of relative peace, setting up shop as a private investigator. But his newfound...
8) Red Knife
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Cork O'Connor finds himself caught in the middle of a racial gang war that's turning picturesque Tamarack County, Minnesota, into a battlefield. When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father, strong-willed and brutal Buck Reinhardt, vows revenge. His target is the Red Boyz, a gang of Ojibwe youths accused of supplying the girl's fatal drug dose. When the head of the Red Boyz and...
9)
Heaven's keep , Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 9
Author
10)
Vermilion drift , Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 10
Author
11) Northwest Angle
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times best-selling author William Kent Krueger has won numerous accolades for his books, including the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. InTrickster's Point, the 12th suspenseful installment in Krueger's Cork O' Connor series, Cork is framed for the murder of Minnesota's first Native American governor-elect, Jubal Little. As Cork fights to clear his name and uncover the truth, he discovers that events from his own past may hold the key...
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Faced with a series of dark occurrences that are linked to a twenty-year-old murder, private investigator Cork O' Connor must stop a vengeful force before his family and friends pay the ultimate price.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the body of a year-missing Ojibwa girl washes up on a Lake Superior island, rekindling Native American superstitions about mythical monsters, Cork O'Connor struggles to obtain information from reluctant witnesses to a brutal sex-trafficking operation.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""One of today's automatic buy-today-read-tonight series...thoughtful but suspenseful, fast but lasting, contemporary but strangely timeless." (Lee Child) In the extraordinary new Cork O'Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when Cork vanishes just days before his daughter's wedding. Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and...
16) Sulfur Springs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In William Kent Krueger's latest pulse-pounding thriller, Cork O'Connor's search for a missing man in the Arizona desert puts him at the center of a violent power struggle along the Mexican border, a struggle that might cost Cork everything and everyonehe holds most dear. On the Fourth of July, just as fireworks are about to go off in Aurora, Minnesota, Cork O'Connor and his new bride Rainy Bisonette listen to a desperate voicemail left by Rainy's...
Author
Series
Cork O'Connor mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger delivers yet another "punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction" (Booklist, starred review) as Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders. This is a heart-pounding and devastating mystery the scope and consequences...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork O'Connor Mystery Series follows Cork in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking...