It soon becomes evident that not everyone will survive the ordeal in one piece. And we follow Cork, who grows increasingly fearful that he lacks the skill to save Dolores, Henry and Rainy. We follow a team of mercenaries who are determined to find them, led by a skilled Native American tacker of their own.

We follow Henry as he uses a century of experience as a woodsman to evade the men who are tracking them.

When Cork returns to the camp, he find signs that others have searched the place, and that Dolores, Henry and Rainy are being tracked and hunted, so he heads into the wilderness to track the hunters.įor more than 300 pages, Krueger keeps shifting points of view. There, she’s in the process of getting a cleansing sweat under the guidance of Henry’s great niece Rainy, who is also Cork’s wife.īrandon Maxwell goes back to basics on Valentine's Day She came seeking Henry’s help with her troubled marriage and with her newfound interest in her native heritage. After all, Henry, an Ojibwe healer who’s a regular in these novels, is at least 100 years old.Ĭork rushes to Henry’s camp at the edge of the Boundary Waters wilderness and finds that Delores is indeed there. Fans of William Kent Krueger’s fine series featuring Cork, now in its 19th installment, know it’s hooey, too. Retired sheriff and part time private detective Cork O’Connor is working the grill in his Aurora, Minnesota, restaurant when a stranger wanders in looking for help finding his wife, Delores, who has run off to have an affair with a Native American named Henry Meloux.Ĭork agrees to lend a hand, but he sneaks a photo of the stranger because he knows the story is hooey. “Fox Creek” by William Kent Krueger (Atria) This image released by Atria shows 'Fox Creek' a novel by William Kent Krueger.

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