Mercy Falls

About the book

William Kent Krueger's latest installment in the Corcoran O'Connor series is a mesmerizing suspense novel that plunges the charismatic detective into his most perilous case yet.

Returning to his post as sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork O'Connor has overseen a busy summer in his picturesque Northwoods territory. As the autumn chill descends, he braces himself for a harrowing season filled with murder, infidelity, and deception, leading him from seedy rural bars to humble reservation dwellings and even the corrupt elite of Chicago.

Drawn to a nearby Ojibwe reservation under the guise of a routine domestic disturbance, Cork becomes the target of a sniper's lethal aim. Despite the imminent danger, his focus shifts swiftly to a grizzly murder scene overlooking the tumultuous waters of Mercy Falls. The victim is Eddie Jacoby, a well-to-do businessman from Chicago entangled in a contentious negotiation over a local Indian casino.

Now facing a high-profile murder tainted by powerful interests, Cork is thrust into a whirlwind investigation. Tensions escalate when the affluent Jacoby family insists on enlisting the services of a captivating private investigator, Dina Willner. Yet, as Cork unearths a passionate connection between one of the Jacoby sons and his own wife, Jo, suspicions of a darker, more intimate motive in Aurora begin to surface.

His own life hanging in the balance and his family's safety in jeopardy, Cork must navigate a treacherous path where desire and danger collide. As murder, avarice, lust, and envy weave a tangled web around him, Cork is determined to unravel the mystery hidden beneath the turbulent currents of Mercy Falls.