Red Knife

A Cork O'Connor Mystery , #8

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published May 1, 2008 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-4165-5674-9
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Private investigator Cork O’Connor finds himself caught in the middle of a racial gang war that’s turning picturesque Tamarack County, Minnesota, into a battlefield.

When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father, strong-willed and brutal Buck Reinhardt, vows revenge. His target is the Red Boyz, a gang of Ojibwe youths accused of supplying the girl’s fatal drug dose. When the head of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered in a way that suggests execution, the Ojibwe gang mobilizes, and the citizens of Tamarack County brace themselves for war, white against red.

Both sides look to Cork O’Connor, a man of mixed heritage, to uncover the truth behind the murders. A former sheriff, Cork has lived, fought, and nearly died to keep the small-town streets and his family safe from harm. He knows that violence is never a virtue, but …

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reviewed Red Knife by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'Connor, #8)

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One of the better stories in the series, I think. I like how Cork's children have been developed as they've grown and taken their own paths. I also liked the way the tribal elders and the troublesome rez street gang found common ground and worked together to tackle the evil in their midst.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Mystery & Detective - General
  • Suspense
  • Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
  • Gangs
  • Minnesota
  • O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators