Purgatory Ridge, William Kent Krueger
Purgatory Ridge, William Kent Krueger
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Purgatory Ridge

Author: William Kent Krueger

Narrator: David Chandler

Unabridged: 12 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2010


Synopsis

William Kent Krueger is the award-winning author of the popular Cork O'Connor mysteries. In Purgatory Ridge, Krueger crafts a riveting tale which has ex-sheriff O'Connor on the case after a heated town debate turns deadly. The local Anishinaabe Indian tribe is furious to discover that Karl Lindstrom's lumber mill is after a grove of trees sacred to tribal lore. So when the mill gets bombed, killing a man, the tribe is blamed. But O'Connor has a different theory.

About William Kent Krueger

William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella The Levee, as well as nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Lightning Strike and Fox Creek. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on March 19, 2017

There's tension brewing between the owner of the town's lumber mill and the local Anishinabee tribe. He wants to clear some great white pines in Our Grandfathers, sacred land for the tribe. When outside ecological activists get involved and an explosion at the mill kills a tribal member, those tensi......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 20, 2024

William Kent Krueger, in less than two years, has become one of my favorite authors. As they say, if he wrote the phone book (for folks who remember those), I’d sign up to read it… on my kindle. 😎 Vengeance is best served cold (hey, I’ve got a plethora of cliches on my mind today), then it’ll be when......more

Goodreads review by Christine on June 18, 2016

5 of 5 stars This is another outstanding read by the author who is fast becoming my all-time favorite. William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor series is nothing short of superb. True, part of the appeal to this Minnesotan reader may be the fact that the setting is northern Minnesota, but this is definit......more

Goodreads review by Emma on December 26, 2017

Really enjoyable series. Cork and his family always seem central but moreso in this one. I love the setting and how the Native American culture rubs along and doesn’t with the whites of the community. The case itself was an interesting one.......more