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A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twentieth book in the New York Times bestselling series from William Kent Krueger­, “a master storyteller at the top of his game” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

The disappearance of a local politician’s teenaged daughter is major news in Minnesota. As a huge manhunt is launched to find her, Cork O’Connor’s grandson stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe woman—but nobody seems that interested. Nobody, that is, except Cork and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police. As Cork and the tribal officers dig into the circumstances of this mysterious and grim discovery, they uncover a connection to the missing teenager. And soon, it’s clear that Cork’s grandson is in danger of being the killer’s next victim.

PRAISE

Indie Next Selection for September

“This genuinely thrilling and atmospheric novel brims with characters who are easy to root for.”
—The New York Times

“Krueger is one of those rare authors who combines intricately plotted, issue-oriented stories with mysticism and action. A must for fans of beautifully written crime fiction.”
—Library Journal

“[O]utstanding…Krueger skillfully blends an evocative look at nature’s beauty and peril with Native American lore. Not just regional mystery fans will be enthralled.”
—Publishers Weekly

“As usual in a Krueger novel, the prose is elegant, the landscape of Minnesota’s northeastern triangle is vividly portrayed, the character development is superb, and Henry’s Native American mysticism is treated with understanding and respect.”
—Associated Press

“Krueger wastes no time plunging into the action, using present tense to maintain immediacy and ratcheting up the tension through interspersed points of view in short, taut chapters. The author has consistently called himself a storyteller, not a writer, as if the one was somehow lesser than the other. But from Iron Lake — the first in the Cork O’Connor series — to Fox Creek, Krueger has exhibited a mastery and control that can’t be denied. Maybe he should start calling himself an alchemist, because he has the formula down to an art.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“As usual in Krueger’s novels, the reader can feel the cold as Rainy lights a fire under tree boughs at night in the woods, and smell fresh scent of fir trees. There is more physical adventure in this book than in some of the previous O’Connor stories, with almost all the action outdoors in the Boundary Waters.”
—St. Paul Pioneer Press

“With its quick pacing and multi-layered plot, William Kent Krueger’s Fox Creek dazzles early, sucking readers in, before giving way to a heart-thumping final act that delivers one hell of a reading experience.”
—The Real Book Spy