Copper River: A Cork O'Connor Mystery (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series Book 6)

Cork is hiding out at his cousin's place and gets immediately involved in a whole new tale of murder and small town corruption. A cracking read as ever. But I can't find #7 in kindle books!

I like all the books by "William Kent Krueger", but of course I mean those I have read (with my Kindle)

Another great Cork O Connor story

Dang! This is book #6 of the phenomenal Cork O’Connor series. I have already awarded books 1-5 five stars each. It is super frustrating not to have more stars to give this one! What a richly entertaining read this is.Mr. Krueger moves Cork out of northern Minnesota in this tale. Cork is on the run and ends up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We are introduced to an array of new characters, all UPers (aka Yoopers). I drove through the UP once upon a time. It struck me as being a whole different world into itself. Mr. Krueger deftly transports us to the Keweenaw Peninsula (the uppermost portion of the UP) with his beautiful imagery for this story of evil, struggle, loyalty and family. I was immersed from the prologue and was pulled deeply into an intriguing web of threads that eventually interconnected. Our new characters take on major roles, including 14-year-old part Ojibwe Renoir DuBois (“Ren”), his mom and Cork’s cousin Jewell (a hard-working veterinarian), and Ren’s friend young Charlene (“Charlie”). PI Dina Willner, someone who I would love to see have her own series (alas, not to be), makes a return visit from Mercy Falls (book #5). I only need one good character to root for in a book, and here we have five characters that I just loved. We even get a wild cougar that has a big role. If you are a fan of characterization, you get it in spades in this book. The boy Ren was especially well done.Don’t let the bit of Indian folklore put you off. That would have kept me from the series and I would have never started it if not for my persistent partner who argued this was the best series she had ever read. True story. And yes, I like the Indian parts. I’ve learned a lot.The evil is really evil in Copper River. But again, we are spared terribly graphic scenes. There is a great deal of tension as Cork and Dina ferret out what the hell is going on. There are also a lot of “who can I trust?” moments. This 400-page book just flew by. The ending was as it should be. The end of book #5, Mercy Falls, left me with terrifiying chills up my spine. The end of Copper River left me with “warm chills” in my heart.This series should be read in order to fully appreciate the experience. If you don’t mind jumping around, I would still highly advocate that Mercy Falls be read ahead of Copper River.In my opinion, William Kent Krueger weaves a story as well as any other author out there. I strongly recommend the Cork O’Connor series to all readers of crime fiction.

This was a great read. I love following Cork, his adventures, and his family. Great plot turns and twists. On to the next Cork book.

Another winner! Best way t enjoy these books is to get them all and read them in order.

O'Connor No 6 setzt dort an, wo der letzte aufhört: Ein reicher Mann hat Killer auf den halbindianischen Ex-Sherriff angesetzt. Angeschossen entkommt er in die Wildnius von Minnesota zu einer indianischen Verwandten. Jewell DuBois versorgt ihn zunächst widerwillig. Sie fürchtet zu Recht, dass er Gefahr für sie und ihren kleinen Sohn Ren mit sich gebracht hat. Doch die Gefahr ist schon da: Gewissenlose Kinderschänder, die es auf die Straßenkinder des Ortes abgesehen haben, unter anderem auf Rens kleine Freundin. Wieder verstrickt Krueger aufs Beste zwei Handlungsstränge, zwei Plots. Doch dieser Roman hebt sich aus der Serie ab durch den melancholischen Ton und die anrührenden Kinderfiguren.Meisterhaft erzählt, fast literarisch.

I enjoyed reading this book. Full disclosure I’m a fan. And I love reading his stories. He’s become a favorite author. As with every writer some stories are better than others. They all contain his great dialogue and wonderfully illustrative word paintings, and turn the page edge of your seat thrills. Some just develop better than others. This one is a great read. I loved the plot, I can’t get enough of Dina and the all around sexual tensions in this story are fantastic. Highly recommended.

Fiction with a real live feel to it ,close family connections ,fast moving no abundance of coarse language First Nations connections are wonderful