William Kent Krueger - Iron Lake.nfo
General Information
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Title: Iron Lake
Author: William Kent Krueger
Read By: Jerry Sciarrio
Copyright: 1998
Audiobook Copyright: 1998
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Books In Motion
Series Name: Cork O'Connor
Position in Series: 1
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: eAudio
Number: 10
Length each: 1:00
Source: Library
Condition: Good
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Number of MP3s: 10
Total Duration: 11:47:53
Total MP3 Size: 324.10
Parity Archive: No
Ripped By: GH
Ripped With: TuneBite
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
Normalize: None
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
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Book Description
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Short-story specialist Krueger brings a fresh take on some familiar
elements and a strong sense of atmosphere to his first mystery. Chicago
cop Cork O'Connor and his wife, Jo, a lawyer, moved back to his northern
Minnesota hometown of Aurora to improve their quality of life, but it
didn't work. Cork became the sheriff but lost an election after a disagreement
between local Indians and whites over fishing rights turned deadly.
Then his marriage broke up, with Jo becoming a successful advocate for
tribal rights and Cork reduced to running a scruffy restaurant and gift
shop. As the book starts, Cork, feeling guilty about sleeping with a
warmhearted waitress, is still hoping to get back with Jo and their
three children. Drawn into the disappearance of an Indian newsboy, which
coincides with the apparent suicide of a former judge, Cork quickly
clashes with some well-connected foes: a newly elected senator (who
also happens to be the judge's son and Jo's lover); the town's new sheriff;
and some tribal leaders getting rich on gambling concessions. When an
old Indian tells Cork that a Windigo (a malign spirit) is fueling events,
it becomes an occasion for Krueger to draw some nifty connections between
the monsters of the heart and the monsters of myth. Krueger makes Cork
a real person beneath his genre garments, mostly by showing him dealing
with the needs of his two very different teenage daughters. And the
author's deft eye for the details of everyday life brings the town and
its peculiar problems to vivid life.
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