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A New York Times Bestselling Author An EdgarxAE Award-winning Author When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff reservation whisper that it was the work of a mythical beast or a vengeful spirit But that doesnt solve the mystery of how the girl and her friend Mariah Arceneaux disappeared a year ago So at the request of the Arceneaux family Cork OConnor former sheriff turned private investigator is soon on the case



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William Kent Krueger

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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