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Boundary Waters (Cork O'Connor #2)
The Quetico-Superior Wilderness: more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted islands on the Canadian/American border. Somewhere in the heart of this unforgiving territory, a young woman named Shiloh -- a country-western singer at the height of her fame -- has disappeared. Her father arrives in Aurora, Minnesota, to hire Cork O'Connor to find hi...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
July 1st 2000
by Pocket Star
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Another book by Krueger set in Aurora, Minnesota. There is a real Aurora in the state, but the fictional Aurora is in a fictional county near a fictional Indian rez. This is another adventure of Cork O'Connor, an erstwhile sheriff with an attorney wife. As someone said about Inspector Morse and Oxford, the murder rate went through the roof in Aurora after Cork went into law enforcement. What a corker.
Like most mysteries, the plot is fairly absurd, and the good guys often do really stupid things...more
Like most mysteries, the plot is fairly absurd, and the good guys often do really stupid things...more
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3+ stars. (which is almost 3.5 stars) A quick paced Cork O'Connor mystery set in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. This is the 2nd Kent Krueger mystery I've read. It was more plot driven than Blood Hollow, which is further along in the series and goes more into characters, motivations, and backgrounds. (I liked Blood Hollow a little more, but it was good to know some more of Cork and his family's background, as he/ they are always interesting and deeply down to earth.) Both books have a nice amo...more
Dec 07, 2010
Kristin
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2 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
audio-books,
mystery
This is the third book I’ve gotten on audio tape in this series. I read them a bit out of order – Purgatory Ridge (#3), then Iron Lake (#1) and Boundary Waters (#2). I’m actually glad I did, because if I had gotten to Boundary Waters without knowing something of what was coming, I would have stopped “reading”.
The audio pronunciations aside (not the authors fault but still distracting), there were small things that were just not quite right. Here we have a chase happening in the BWCAW (Boundary...more
The audio pronunciations aside (not the authors fault but still distracting), there were small things that were just not quite right. Here we have a chase happening in the BWCAW (Boundary...more
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My mom gave us this book and said it was "pretty good, I liked it." I'm always wary of a half-hearted recommendation because I'm so picky in terms of decent writing. Sure, it's a mystery and it'll follow a general structure, but it's the little things that make a mystery worthwhile and if it didn't have that, I'd feel betrayed somehow.
I suspect that what kept me going through this book was the setting. Both in terms of it being set in an Indian reservation and much of th...more
My mom gave us this book and said it was "pretty good, I liked it." I'm always wary of a half-hearted recommendation because I'm so picky in terms of decent writing. Sure, it's a mystery and it'll follow a general structure, but it's the little things that make a mystery worthwhile and if it didn't have that, I'd feel betrayed somehow.
I suspect that what kept me going through this book was the setting. Both in terms of it being set in an Indian reservation and much of th...more
Jul 27, 2009
Ceridwen
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Minnesotans
Recommended to Ceridwen by:
Trilby
Shelves:
mystery,
l-etoile-du-nord
Apparently, you go to war with the military you have. In my case, I go out to read on the back porch on a spectacular summer Sunday in Minnesota with the random mystery I could find, because I have utterly lost the book I was reading somewhere in the house.
People love to argue about the universality of fiction; how Homer or Shakespeare or Michael Crichton speaks to the human condition of war, heartbreak, and dinosaurs rampaging on a Latin American island. I don't know about all of this, but I d...more
People love to argue about the universality of fiction; how Homer or Shakespeare or Michael Crichton speaks to the human condition of war, heartbreak, and dinosaurs rampaging on a Latin American island. I don't know about all of this, but I d...more
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Great mystery set in the North Woods of Minnesota. Realistic portrayals of the deep distrust and animosity between the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) people and the FBI made this an authentic read for me. So too were the Indigenous characters who had lived urban or moved away from the old ways. Strong female characters in Shiloh, the country singer sensation and Jo O'Connor, lawyer and estranged wife of main protagonist, Corcoran 'Cork' O'Connor. Cork is a believable man, with flaws and hopes of making a...more
Boundary Waters is a canoe area on the Canadian/American border of Minnesota.
Cork O'Connor, the former sheriff of Aurora, MN. is asked to find a young country and western singer who is missing. At first he doesn't want to become involved but then he thinks of his own three children and agrees to help.
Shiloh is the daughter of William, "Arkansas Willie," Raye. He is a gay former country and western singer who now manages Shiloh's record company. His daughter had been sending weekly letters to him...more
Cork O'Connor, the former sheriff of Aurora, MN. is asked to find a young country and western singer who is missing. At first he doesn't want to become involved but then he thinks of his own three children and agrees to help.
Shiloh is the daughter of William, "Arkansas Willie," Raye. He is a gay former country and western singer who now manages Shiloh's record company. His daughter had been sending weekly letters to him...more
This was another good addition to the series, an interesting murder mystery set in a lake area of Minnesota. The camping & other things that I knew anything about all seemed pretty well done. The mystery itself was very well done this time. Plenty of twists & turns along the way. Again, quite a bit of Indian lore & stories. They were interesting, for the most part.
One of the things I really liked about these books is the subtle streak of Indian mysticism. It's available if you want t...more
One of the things I really liked about these books is the subtle streak of Indian mysticism. It's available if you want t...more
Actually, I would give this a 3 1/2 stars if I could. I read "Boundary Waters" because the author is a local author and someone whom I work with knows him and thought we could get to come and speak. I am generally not a mystery fan, but another person I work with read all of his books over the summer. I then gave them to my mom, who loved them also. So I decided to give at least one of his books a try.
I actually enjoyed it! I loved the local color in the book, the Indian characters and cultural...more
I actually enjoyed it! I loved the local color in the book, the Indian characters and cultural...more
#2 and counting and JUST as good as #1, IRON LAKE! I am so thrilled to have found this author and his series with Cork O'Connor. Mr Krueger's writing style finds me, stopping and re-reading passages. His way with words often just takes my breath away! Talk about making you THINK and WISH you could write like this! Amazing! Then I just imagine this scenery, best I can. I mean, his descriptions of the Boundary waters, the 2 million acres of forest, white-water rapids and uncharted islands on the C...more
William Kent Krueger's Cork O'OConnor series comprise a series of stories set in Aurora Minnesota, an area of the country of which I'm blatantly ignorant. Frankly, in reading the reviews of this setting I managed to barely stifle a yawn. Small town mysteries set in a frozen wasteland? With boring backgrounds that involve Indian supernatural folklore - I don't stomach mysteries that resort to such subterfuge, avoid beyond this world explanations when the genre is detective/mystery, decry irration...more
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I really enjoyed this second in a series with the main character Cork O'Connor. The setting is the Quetico-Superior Wilderness of two million acres on the Canadian/American border. Aurora, Minnesota is the small town that includes the Anishinaabe Indian reservation. Cork is the former sheriff who becomes involved in searching for a famous county singer named Shiloh who has disappeared. He is aided by Shiloh's father, an ex-con, two FBI agents and a ten-year old boy. Others are also on her trail:...more
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An enjoyable murder/thriller romp in the northwoods of Minnesota. Lots of local references or allusions to local characters/concepts. Having not read the first book dealing with the main character, I felt a little left out of the backstory... why he's separated from his wife, etc. Also, a few of the facts seemed stretched a bit far to be realistic... EX: Would federal agents actually let an 11 year old kid guide a group into the wilderness to hunt down a known killer? Wouldn't they have just fig...more
I have already bumped the third in this series, PURGATORY RIDGE, to the top of my Recorded Books wishlist. BOUNDARY WATERS was just as gripping as IRON LAKE (my review). I think I could easily listen to or read this series back-to-back and I rarely (if ever) do that.
There are so many good characters in the story and the reader cannot get too attached to anyone. That's part of what makes a good suspense read. That and a good suspense story, of course.
Cork is still reeling after the death of the...more
There are so many good characters in the story and the reader cannot get too attached to anyone. That's part of what makes a good suspense read. That and a good suspense story, of course.
Cork is still reeling after the death of the...more
Eh...I've been pretty bored lately and this book was good enough. I wouldn't say it was great, though. I guess what really bothered me the most was the author himself. Much of this book is centered around a fictional Indian reservation. I am Native American. The use of Ojibwe stories didn't offend me or anything, but you can tell it was written by someone who did his research, but isn't actually Native. What happened to "write what you know?" Also, the book is set in a really rural area, but the...more
This story reminded me of those little fillers containing quotes from newspapers around the country that appear in The New Yorker captioned "Block That Metaphor". The author's use of metaphors is way over the top and it regularly bleeds into being purple prose. I kept wanting to tell him " Stop, less would be more". I think this story was 11 CDs in length. If Mr. Krueger pared away the flowery, and totally unwarranted, clauses, it would have been just 10 and, more importantly, the story would ha...more
This is the first book by Krueger I have read. It's number two in the Cork O'Connor series. It is a lot like Joseph Haywood's Woods Cop series. Cork O'Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters Quetico Wilderness area. Cork is asked to locate a young C&W singer who has exiled herself to a remote island in the Boundary Waters. As it turns out, several groups are looking for her, some of them willing to kill. Two men are claiming to be her biological father, bu...more
Part of the pleasure of reading William Kent Krueger stories is that I live in the general vicinity of where his tales take place. The other pleasure is just his wonderful writing style and the way he unfolds a good story. His descriptions are brief and oftentimes funny without dragging on for paragraphs and pages. His characters are ordinary people brought into an extraordinary situation. I enjoy learning about Native American traditions and history.
If you just want to sit back and enjoy a goo...more
If you just want to sit back and enjoy a goo...more
So, I have heard that the 3rd book is when this series gets better. Which I am glad to hear. I enjoyed this and the first book, but one thing that I really have no interest in is some of the "backstory" which really has nothing to do with anything. I really could care less about the history of the courthouse. If it isn't relevant to the story, don't put it in there. I skipped those paragraphs/pages. I just didn't care.
I am reading the next one only because people say it was much better.
I do like...more
I am reading the next one only because people say it was much better.
I do like...more
This book was okay. It is annoyign from the stand poitn that there is just enough information in it to make you think that the author actually knows what he is talking sbout but he changed the names of locations, lakes, rivers, etc. just enough to annoy the crap out of me. I get that he didn't want to use the name of a real town but not using the names of real lakes seemed dumb to me. I actually didn't figure out the mystery until the chapter before the characters did which was a nice change for...more
In the contrast to the Navajoes in the late Tony Hillerman's series, Cork O'Connor, the major protagonist in William Kent Krueger's mysteries series set in the lakes district of northern Minnesota, is more conflicted about his mixed Ojibwe/Anishinaabeg and Irish heritage. Hillerman was famous for his "quiet, country way" of story telling. Krueger injects much more nervous energy into his story. Boundary Waters has a simple plot brilliantly executed. The reader hangs from one cliff after another....more
I have given four stars to two other novels by this author. While I enjoyed Boundary Waters, I didn't think it was as good as Vermillion Drift and Copper River. The native American characters were extremely well drawn, but the plot, involving three separate groups trying to find kill a country music singer, was somewhat bewildering. She has fled deep into the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula to reconnect with her native roots and clear her head. Nevertheless, I find this series way above par an...more
Former sheriff Cork O'Connor is hired to find a friend's daughter, a country-western singer missing in the wilds of Minnesota. O'Connor discovers FBI agents and a gangster from a casino are also looking for the woman, but they won't say why.
Another great Cork O'Connor story. The mysteries may blend together after a point, but the characters are always a joy to spend time with. I've grown to love Wally, Jo, Rose and all the townspeople of Aurora as well as the hero of Krueger's intriguing small-t...more
Another great Cork O'Connor story. The mysteries may blend together after a point, but the characters are always a joy to spend time with. I've grown to love Wally, Jo, Rose and all the townspeople of Aurora as well as the hero of Krueger's intriguing small-t...more
Boundary Waters, by William Kent Krueger. A-minus. Produced by Books in Motion. Downloaded from audible. I don’t remember the narrator’s name, but the only problem I had with him is that he made everyone, (even all the Native Americans) sound Scandinavian.
This is the second book in the Cork O’Connor series. In this book, Cork is living separately from his wife, Jo, who has made a good name for herself as an attorney in the small town of Aurora, Minnesota where they live. The little town knows t...more
This is the second book in the Cork O’Connor series. In this book, Cork is living separately from his wife, Jo, who has made a good name for herself as an attorney in the small town of Aurora, Minnesota where they live. The little town knows t...more
I like this series, although at times it can be a little more violent that I'm comfortable with. It's not over the top violence and it doesn't fall into the "over the top" violent field so I can deal with it. I also am listening to this series rather than reading it, so it's not as easy to "skim over" the violence, which I often do when reading.
This time Cork is heading into the part of northern Minnesota known as the boundary waters. He's going with a bunch of people and they are all looking fo...more
This time Cork is heading into the part of northern Minnesota known as the boundary waters. He's going with a bunch of people and they are all looking fo...more
Cork will find himself in deep water in this installment of the Cork O'Connor series. A country singer goes missing in the backwoods and an old friend asks for Cork's help. However there are other folks with various intentions of finding the missing lady that will be in the search also. High tension and a high body count are sure to follow Cork in his path as he treks the Minnesota backwoods. Great reading from an author that really knows his stuff Boundary Waters is a must read for followers of...more
See my review of Iron Lake. This book is very similar in terms of positives and negatives. Good story, well done plot. Nice character development and growth. But episodic and somewhat predictable. This one a little less so than that first book, but it was still clear who the villian was long before the book intentionally made it obvious. Again, and enjoyable crime read, but I will probably hold off on continuing the series until I catch up on other, more exciting prospects.
As an audiobook, this was the perfect story to keep me awake for hours on the road with plenty of plot twists and turns. My one gripe is this: anyone who goes in the Boundary Waters should know better than to wear jeans! Especially Cork, who's well versed in woodsmanship! You always wear quick-dry clothes because getting wet is generally part of the experience! Although this book won't grace my bookshelf (don't need to read it again), it was entertaining enough.
Another solid book about Cork O'Connor solving mysteries in the North Country. This is the second in the series, and I enjoyed the first enough to shell out $12 for this ebook. I like the series and I like the characters in the books. I have to say that I enjoyed the first book more because it seemed that the characters had actual flaws. This time around, the personal issues of the characters in the first book seem to either be cured or diminished. However, it was a fast-paced story and I am hoo...more
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William Kent Krueger is a multi award-winning American author and crime writer, best known for his Cork O'Connor series of books, which is mainly set in Minnesota. USA.[1:] In 2005 and 2006, he won back to back Anthony Awards for best novel - a feat only matched by one other writer since the award's inception.[2:]
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