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Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series) Mass Market Paperback – Import, 1 May 1999
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Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota. Embittered by his "former" status, and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, Cork gets by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago's South Side, there's not much that can shock him. But when the town's judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on a mind-jolting case of conspiracy, corruption, and scandal.
As a lakeside blizzard buries Aurora, Cork must dig out the truth among town officials who seem dead-set on stopping his investigation in its tracks. But even Cork freezes up when faced with the harshest enemy of all: a small-town secret that hits painfully close to home.
- Print length464 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPocket Star
- Publication date1 May 1999
- Dimensions10.64 x 3.81 x 17.15 cm
- ISBN-100671016970
- ISBN-13978-0671016975
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Stephen Greenleaf Author of Past Tense Iron Lake is as powerful as a Minnesota blizzard...
The Drood Review I can't remember reading a better first novel than this one....
Philip Reed Author of Low Rider Iron Lake is that rare combination: a page turner and a deeply felt character study.
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- Publisher : Pocket Star; Reprint edition (1 May 1999)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0671016970
- ISBN-13 : 978-0671016975
- Item Weight : 227 g
- Dimensions : 10.64 x 3.81 x 17.15 cm
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About the author

Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.
Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last five novels were all New York Times bestsellers.
"Ordinary Grace," his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published in that year. "Manitou Canyon," number fifteen in his Cork O’Connor series, was released in September 2016. Visit his website at www.williamkentkrueger.com.
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The series is based in and around the town of Aurora, Minnesota where Native American culture and history are strong - indeed the central character, Cork, is part Anishinaabe Indian. The author really evokes the countryside and wildness of this lake region in winter, and has researched the language, culture, language and history of the Anishinaabe and Ojibwe very well. The place and cultural setting certainly add a different twist, but I felt sometimes the amount of detail about the local myths didn't add that much. The central character is engaging and the body count climbs, starting from the opening pages. There's conspiracy, corruption, romance, scandal, the struggles of human relationships, an atmospheric setting and great sense of place. I would recommend and will read another....

It's hard to decide whether I prefer this novel for its characterisation of Cork O'Connor or its insight into the world of the Anishinaabe people. I shall look forward to renewing my acquaintance with Cork in the future.

The Greek tragedy of detectives in literature is that the pursuit of the truth and justice usually wrecks the lives around them, far more than if they'd just left things alone. You see this in most good detective-noir books these days. You always wonder "who would still be alive, who would be whole, if not for the detective's journey to truth" ....
"He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things."
The presentation of American indian culture and life is wonderfully and sensitively done. I remember how much I enjoyed it in John Sandford's "Shadow Prey". Both these books open up a world I had not known before.
The pacing is very good throughout, with real dialogue and situations. Poor Cork and his life are so damaged from a past event, so unfairly, and even while he was being a good sheriff. His struggle is frustrating, especially in the first half of the book, but he does overcome most of these impediments to fulfil the hero inside (which is good for the subsequent books!)
The book is full of beautiful descriptions of the Anishinaabe culture, and the wilderness area around the town of Aurora, Minnesota
1% ....
They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that they had purified themselves. Sam tied back his long black-and-gray hair with a leather cord ornamented with a single eagle feather. They smoked tobacco and red willow leaves mixed with powdered aster root as a hunting charm, then covered themselves with tallow made of various animal fats to disguise their scent from the bear.
The supernatural elements here are left mostly in the minds of the characters. The "paranormal" is not presented as "fact" or a "method of solution" to the mystery. I would probably have stopped if that were the case. Be assured, these elements enrich the story without taking it over.
There are many lovely passages throughout.... Beautiful....
She’d almost told him she loved him. So many times, she’d been on the edge of letting the words spill out, but her past had kept her cautious. And now she was glad, very glad, she hadn’t. Let him go back to a woman who didn’t care. [She] didn’t care either. What ran down her cheeks and tasted of salt wasn’t tears but good cleansing sweat. It poured from every part of her body. When she finally stood and ran outside, she trailed steam like a thing that had been through fire. As she dropped into the hole she’d cleared of ice, the bitterly cold water of the lake squeezed her hard, wrung her out, and left her wonderfully empty.
The ending is dragged out a bit too long, and is often confusing. Editing the culmination action into half as many pages would have helped a lot, but the final satisfying resolution is both painful and hopeful.
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26.0% .... this is the real thing. Wonderful prose, living characters, a poignant past and The Hero's journey unfolding. I miss Joseph Campbell.
27.0% ... as long as the Supernatural stays in people's heads here, I'm okay. As soon as there's paranormal "as fact", I say f'ck you Krueger.
29.0% ... the Greek tragedy of the detective is that his pursuit of the truth or justice usually wrecks the lives around him. Usually far more than if he'd just left things alone.
36.0% ... I'm feeling uneasy reading this and I stopped to think why... It's the implied danger for Cork's family here. I just like the mystery and tracking down the villain, not he bits where the Hero's family are at risk.
52.0% ...
"He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things."

