Iron Lake

3.5 stars I think that I am going to love this series. This is the first book and I did enjoy it. I did find it very slow in the beginning. I think the books will be getting better and better. I will be reading the second book next month. Cork O'Connor is my kind of detective. In this introduction......more

Read it when it came out. Liked it a great deal. Good character development. Story did unravel a little slowly. Ordinary Grace by this author is in my favorites and I highly recommend Ordinary Grace. David Putnam author of The Bruno Johnson series.......more

William Kent Krueger is one of my favorite authors. I thoroughly enjoyed Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land. Similar to those two books, Iron Lake grabbed me from the very beginning and captivated me until the end. A murder mystery thriller set in a rural town in Minnesota near Christmas roars along......more

After working a number of years as a Chicago cop, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor moves his wife and children back to Auora, Minnesota, his tiny home town in the northern part of the state. His objective is to provide his family with a better quality of life, but those dreams go up in smoke very early on,......more

When a Minnesota reader mentioned that Krueger may be just the ticket for Louise Penny fans waiting for the next Gamache novel, I immediately downloaded the series' first book from my library. This procedural set in rural Minnesota features a strong sense of place, long-running grudges, and an ouste......more