Iron Lake (Mysteries & Horror)

I'm not sure whether the book was lacking or whether it's just not my type, but although it seems to of been reasonable in most ways, it just didn't do it for me. The end was more interesting and fun than the other parts, but I know that in general books lead up to the climax.
As I say, it didn't do it for me…

New series for me. I'll definitely read the next one.

Meet my new friend, Cork O'Connor. He's the former sheriff, separated from his wife and trying to figure out his new normal. But you know how it is with these rugged, lawful good types. He can't seem to leave the badge behind. Doing someone a solid, he goes looking for a boy who didn't come home from his paper route and stumbles on a dead judge. It looks like suicide, so he calls it in. And what he uncovers next is a tangled web of deceit and bad decisions all-around.

I liked Cork enough to continue seeing him. I have a thing for lawmen, and he while he doesn't rev my motor as much as my one true love, Walt Longmire, it was still enjoyable. 3.5 stars.

Really enjoyed this first book in the long running Cork O'Connor series. Set in far northern Minnesota, Cork is an ex-sheriff with some Ojibwe blood in him. As the ex-sheriff, he gets called on by a friend to find her son and soon finds himself embroiled in all kinds of ugly stuff.

While the side tracks into Ojibwe lore were interesting, they sometimes came at times when they kind of derailed the momentum of the story. And I still prefer a first person mystery, and while this one kept the point of view of Cork for nearly all of it, it made the later narrative switches a little more jarring than normal.

But it is an interesting story, told by an interesting character, so I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.