William Kent Krueger

I am so happy, after reading a few later books, that I have decided to go back and start at the beginning of this series.
Book 2 is quite gripping. A country star has gone to an isolated cabin in the boundary waters to get recentered. Her guide, who checked in regularly has stopped coming. Meanwhile her manager/father seeks out Cork to help find his daughter, worried that she is in trouble, as a memory that was hidden, has come back to her.
Cork and others form a group and go out to the boundary waters to find her. The weather changes, and it's soon clear they are being followed. The enemy is always one step ahead.
A fast paced, beautifully written book.… (plus d'informations)

William Kent Krueger is an author I always want to read. He is a masterful writer drawing you in from the first paragraph. He sets his stories in Minnesota and he makes the reader a part of the setting with his extraordinary descriptions. He makes you care about his characters and feel their pain. This book is filled with pain. Cork is aging, his children are adults with lovers, husbands, and children. Some patterns are repeating, there is danger. We are reminded that “To be Indian is to walk with loss. It goes before us and it follows us. It is our shadow self.” A point that is made, repeated and proved - again and again.

Spirit Crossing is much darker and sadder than the previous books in the Cork O’Connor series but equally well written, engaging and pertinent. It is a book that is hard to put down and has much to say. I am smitten by the story, the points being made and the quality of William Kent Krueger’s writing. A million thanks to Atria/Simon & Schuster, LLC and NetGalley for an advance copy.… (plus d'informations)