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William Kent Krueger

Teoksen Ordinary Grace tekijä

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William Kent Krueger grew up in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. A former logger, construction worker, freelance journalist, & researcher in childhood development, he is the author of two other acclaimed Cork O'Connor novels, "Iron Lake" & "Boundary Waters". (Publisher Provided) William Kent näytä lisää Krueger was born in Torrington, Wyoming on November 16, 1950. He attended Stanford University for one year before losing his academic scholarship for participation in a takeover of the president's office in protest of what he saw as the University's complicity in weapons production during the Vietnam War. He wrote short stories and sketches for many years. His first novel, Iron Lake, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, the Barry Award for Best First Novel, the Minnesota Book Award, and the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award. He writes the Cork O'Connor series. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset

Ordinary Grace (2013) 2,703 kappaletta
This Tender Land (2019) 2,066 kappaletta
Iron Lake (1998) 1,553 kappaletta
Boundary Waters (1999) 886 kappaletta
Purgatory Ridge (2002) 723 kappaletta
Blood Hollow (2004) 673 kappaletta
Thunder Bay (2007) 656 kappaletta
Copper River (2006) 599 kappaletta
Mercy Falls (2006) 566 kappaletta
Red Knife (2008) 552 kappaletta
The River We Remember (2023) 542 kappaletta
Heaven's Keep (2009) 497 kappaletta
Vermilion Drift (2010) 495 kappaletta
Northwest Angle (2011) 450 kappaletta
Windigo Island (2014) 445 kappaletta

Associated Works

Elevator Pitch (2019) 488 kappaletta
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (2010) — Avustaja — 323 kappaletta
Games Creatures Play (2014) — Avustaja — 203 kappaletta
Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder (2006) — Avustaja — 127 kappaletta
Twin Cities Noir (2006) — Avustaja — 83 kappaletta
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series (2013) — Avustaja — 83 kappaletta
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (2017) — Avustaja — 59 kappaletta
Deadly Anniversaries (2020) — Avustaja — 53 kappaletta
Odd Partners: An Anthology (2019) — Avustaja — 52 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2000 v01 #247 (2000) — Avustaja — 41 kappaletta
RDSELP v110 A Walk to Remember | Boundary Waters (1999) — Tekijä — 20 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2007 v06 #294 (2007) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
Nice Girl Does Noir, Volume 1 (2010) — Esipuhe; Esipuhe — 17 kappaletta
The Atria International Book of Mysteries (2012) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta
RDSELP v157 Can't Wait to Get to Heaven | Thunder Bay (2008) — Tekijä — 5 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2018 v05 #359 (2018) — Tekijä — 3 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2019 v04 #366 (2019) — Tekijä — 3 kappaletta
RDSELP v233 Desolation Mountain | An Everyday Hero (2023) — Tekijä — 1 kappale

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An incredible novella by one of my favorite authors! This historical fiction story is set during the 1927 Mississippi River flood that caused the river to swell to 80 miles wide south of Memphis. According to the author's notes at the end, Mr. Kent originally wrote this novella decades ago and decided to bring it out during the pandemic and complete his work. Lucky for us, it's amazing as all his book are!
 
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Dianekeenoy | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 10, 2024 |
This is the 4th book I've read by Krueger and I am finding him getting better as a story teller and writer as he goes along. This one finds Cork still slinging burgers and not being a cop, but drawn into a kidnapping that accidentally includes his wife and son. As he and Lindstrom try to free their wives and sons, turns out Lindstrom is behind the whole thing as he tries to circumvent a pre-nup with is wife before she can get a divorce from him and shut him out with nothing from her fortune. A feverish ending finally gets all of the bad guys dead and Cork and his family reunited.

KIRKUS: Third suspenser set in hardscrabble Aurora, Minnesota, featuring ex-sheriff Cork O’Connor (Iron Lake, 1998; Boundary Waters, 1999), whose lawyer wife represents the Anishinaabe tribe. The tribe holds sacred a great white pine woods they call Minishoomisag, or Our Grandfathers. Lumberman Karl Lindstrom’s mill lies close by the sacred wood—too close, say the Anishinaabe. The area becomes as feverish as the red sun through smoke arising from the sawmill following a mysterious explosion that kills a night watchman. Many locals want Cork to run for sheriff again and take on the case. Trouble is, Cork is part Anishinaabe himself and with the Anishinaabe under suspicion, and with his wife as their lawyer, the wiser course isn’t easily chosen.

Krueger’s stripped storytelling wins no prize for fine prose but does move straight down the track toward purgative vengeance and devastation.
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derailer | 32 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 8, 2024 |
Emotionally wiped out after finishing this book. Krueger does such a good job with character development making me develop emotional attachments to them. They go through a lot so it's a tough ride.
 
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carolfoisset | 126 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 7, 2024 |
Very enjoyable read about small town life in Minnesota in 1958.
 
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Suem330 | 27 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 4, 2024 |

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