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Summary: A New Master Storyteller
Review: Excellent read. Keeps you guessing right to the last page. Can't wait for more of Cork O'Connor.
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Summary: Purgatory Ridge
Review: Excellent read. Keeps you guessing right to the last page. Can't wait for more of Cork O'Connor.
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Summary: A New Master Storyteller
Review: I read Purgatory Ridge and Boundary Waters over the weekend. I won't rehash the plots as other readers here have already done a great job of that. Just want to add my highest praise for this author. I can't think of one negative thing to say. The characters are human and realistic and the description of the surounding area is captivating. But most importantly, WKK's mysteries are also great stories.
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Summary: Can't wait for the next Krueger book.
Review: I was introduced to Iron Lake, Krueger's first book through a St. Paul/Minneapolis Radio show (Garage Logic with Joe Soucheray). It was a great read. I read Boundary Waters, the next in the line of the Cork O'Connor books and just finished Purgatory Ridge. Purgatory Ridge has everything you want in a good suspense mystery, great character development, excellent story line (this one actually had two), a couple of twists, and edge of your seat, page turning suspense. It is obvious Krueger has done his home work. This may be a fiction novel, but the places he describes (Boundary Waters Canoe Area, North Shore of Lake Superior, Sawtooth Mountains) are all accurate. I spend a lot of time in Northern Minnesota. I associate with many of the landmarks in his books, and that makes me feel like I am part of the action. Upon finishing the book, it is apparent that Krueger is going to follow up with another Cork O'Connor novel. I CAN'T WAIT!
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Summary: Can't wait for the next Krueger book.
Review: I was introduced to Iron Lake, Krueger's first book through a St. Paul/Minneapolis Radio show (Garage Logic with Joe Soucheray). It was a great read. I read Boundary Waters, the next in the line of the Cork O'Connor books and just finished Purgatory Ridge. Purgatory Ridge has everything you want in a good suspense mystery, great character development, excellent story line (this one actually had two), a couple of twists, and edge of your seat, page turning suspense. It is obvious Krueger has done his home work. This may be a fiction novel, but the places he describes (Boundary Waters Canoe Area, North Shore of Lake Superior, Sawtooth Mountains) are all accurate. I spend a lot of time in Northern Minnesota. I associate with many of the landmarks in his books, and that makes me feel like I am part of the action. Upon finishing the book, it is apparent that Krueger is going to follow up with another Cork O'Connor novel. I CAN'T WAIT!
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Summary: Brightly shines a future star
Review: I've been following Krueger's work ever since IRON LAKE first hit and have to say he's on my must-read list of authors. He writes about his characters with such a deft and gentle touch I'm almost convinced they're real. While readers who are only looking for the thrill of the mystery can pick up his books in any order and not suffer confusion, I recommend savoring them in order to get the full impact of the character development. PURGATORY RIDGE is perhaps the most thriller-ish of Krueger's work to date, but still satisfies those looking for a puzzle to solve. He's one of the few authors I enjoy reading who is able to manage multiple points of view and can also sustain tension throughout a scene. Everyone comments about his wonderful setting and descriptive language, and you'll get no arguments from me. (Check out the SCUBA diving chapters if you have any doubts on either front - you'll be convinced.) I'm looking forward to more of Krueger's writing. His success this far is impressive, but I think he's going to break away from the pack very soon.
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Summary: Superior Lake Tale
Review: Krueger is at the top of his game with the third of his Cork O'Connor series. Relationships, greed and revenge power this story of a timber war, Indian casinos, and marriages. O'Connor's marriage is three dimensional and the characters are real life adults. A fine read.
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Summary: Just keeps getting better!
Review: Mysteries are not my genre of choice. However, I am such a fan of Mr. Krueger. I so totally enjoyed Iron Lake. Couldn't wait for Boundary Waters. Thoroughly enjoyed Boundary Waters. Couldn't wait for Purgatory Ridge. Now, as usual, am left disappointed that this one, too, has ended and I have to wait again for his next book. His writing gets better and better. His characters get stronger and stronger. He is truly an intelligent writer with a knack for grabbing you from the beginning and not letting go. Every time I think I have figured out "who done it", he throws a wrench in the story and proves me totally wrong. His books are so much fun. They are well researched and he shares so much with his readers. Mr. Krueger is a joy to read.
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Summary: chilling ecological thriller
Review: Near Aurora, Minnesota, a major environmental-industrial dispute exists. The Anishinaabe tribe wants the two hundred acres of great white pines that are sacred to them as "Old Grandfathers" protected from the lumber industry. Karl Lindstrom's lumber mill resides on the edge of the forest and he is not known for his conservation methods. As is the case in many local arguments, outsiders come marching in to join the Native American protesting the cutting down of the trees. However, all hell breaks loose when someone blows up the mill, killing a Native American employee. The industrial moguls blame the Anishinaabe tribe and the law agrees even though someone named the Eco-Warrior claims credit for the deed. Though he lost his job as sheriff a couple of years ago, Cork O'Connor, at the pleading of his wife Jo, the tribe attorney, begins to search for the identity of the terrorist. As he conducts the search, the Eco-Warrior adds kidnapping and ransom demands to his crime list. PURGATORY RIDGE is an exciting ecological thriller that keeps the suspense and action at high levels throughout the tale. When the story concentrates on the central theme of conservation vs. development, the plot is as good as it gets. In those circumstances, all the key characters seem genuine in their beliefs. When the story line spins into sidebars like the ransom kidnapping it appears as if a plot device has been used to add unnecessary tension to an already strong novel. Award winning William Kent Kreuger has written a one-sitting tale that will send sub-genre fans off to read the previous O'Connor books (see BOUNDARY WATERS and IRON LAKE). Harriet Klausner
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Summary: good mystery; boring people
Review: The bad guys were the most interesting characters in this story. The good guys are pretty boring. This puts me in position of deciding whether to continue reading this series as I don't expect the O'Conners to get very interesting but the stories are very well written with no idiotic endings. The main characters are Cork O'Conner, the ex-sheriff of small norhern Minnesota town who is part Ashinnabe (sp?) and his wife Jo, a lawyer who represents the local tribe. This mystery evolves around the arson of a logging company and arson-related death of a tribal leader. Was it murder or an accident? Was he the arsonist or innocent? The story leads to the kidnapping of the logging company's owner's family and the kidnapping of Cork's wife and son.
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