When mayhem descends on a tiny logging town, former sheriff Cork OâConnor is called upon to investigate a murder in this âwonderful page-turnerâ (The Denver Post) that âprolongs suspense to the very endâ (Publishers Weekly) by Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger.
Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. When an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstromâs nearby lumber mill, itâs obvious where suspicion will fall. Former sheriff Cork OâConnor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. For one thing, he is part Anishinaabe. For another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe.
Meanwhile, near Lindstromâs lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. And it soon becomes clear to Cork that danger, both at home and in Aurora, lurks around every cornerâŠ