Desolation Mountain
- Authors: William Kent Krueger
- Series: Book 17 in the Cork O'Connor series
- Genres: Mystery
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- Rating: 4.6 based on 5,034 reviews
- Release Date: August 21, 2018
- Print length: 336 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
A New York Times bestseller. William Kent Krueger, winner of the Edgar Award, presents another thrilling novel with heart-pounding moments. Cork O’Connor and his son Stephen team up to unravel the mystery behind the death of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the strange disappearances of multiple first responders.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy," Hamlet’s words resonate with Stephen O’Connor. Throughout his life, he has been haunted by visions of impending tragedies. When he foresees a massive bird being shot down from the sky, he knows a calamity is on the horizon. The crash of a private plane on desolate Desolation Mountain, claiming the lives of a senator and her family, confirms Stephen's darkest fears.
Stephen teams up with his father, Cork O’Connor, and a group of Ojibwe men from the neighboring Iron Lake reservation to investigate the wreckage. However, their efforts are interrupted when the FBI takes charge of the investigation. Cork encounters Bo Thorson, a familiar figure working as a private security consultant hired to quietly look into the crash. Despite joining forces, Cork starts to question Thorson’s allegiances.
Faced with deception from government officials, unsure of who to trust, and encountering mounting threats as they dig deeper into the case, Cork, Stephen, and Bo realize that confronting the true evil lurking in the woods is the key to uncovering the truth – a malevolent beast with deadly intentions of an unfathomable magnitude. Krueger expertly combines detective storytelling and investigative fiction in this gripping thriller.
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