Michael Connelly (Los Angeles), James Lee Burke (Louisiana), and C.J. Few authors are able to build their series around a distinct location, and constantly use that setting to their advantage the way Krueger does with Northern Minnesota. Bookreporter once called Kruger “an author who never disappoints,” and that’s true, but he’s also easily one of the most talented pure writers on the scene today. And oh what a trip William Kent Krueger has in store for them here, with this mysterious yet adrenaline-pumping story packed with twists, action, and a setting that lends itself perfectly to all of it.

Though this is the 19th book in Krueger’s series, newcomers to the Cork franchise should have no trouble at all jumping in and following along. Circumstances would suggest they were taken, probably against their will, which sends Cork into overdrive as he wades deep into the Boundary Waters in search of answers. Things escalate, though, when Cork returns to Henry’s cabin to find him, along with Rainy and Delores, missing. That worries Cork, who feels a sense of urgency with his investigation, which is also aided by Anton Morriseau, the brother of the real Louis. Realizing that the stranger is an imposter, Cork sets out to find the man’s real identity.Īs the search for the truth about the stranger gets underway, Cork’s son, Stephen, mentions that he had a vision of Henry lying dead in the wilderness. She also tells Cork that the man who visited him is not her husband. It turns out that the local is, indeed, Dolores, who informs Cork that she sought out Henry for both shelter and wisdom. And secondly, Cork knows Henry because he’s married to her great-niece, Rainy Bisonette, who has been with her uncle near Crow Point overseeing the cleansing sweat of a town local. Not exactly prime age to be running around with someone else’s wife. First of all, he knows Henry Meloux, a revered Ojibwe healer, is 100 years old.

Right off the jump, Cork knows something isn’t right. Now he wants to hire Cork to locate his wife. He also claims that Dolores and Henry Meloux have been having an affair. According to the stranger, his wife left home about a week prior to find a man by the name of Henry Meloux, but never returned. The story opens when Cork is approached by a man claiming to be Lou Morriseau, who is said to be in search of his wife, Dolores.

New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger delivers another phenomenal adventure his readers will devour with Fox Creek, the 19th book in his Cork O’Connor series.

Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger