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Trickster's Point (Cork O'Connor #12)
The dying don’t easily become the dead.
The next novel in William Kent Krueger’s New York Times bestselling series finds Cork O’Connor sitting in the shadow of a towering monolith known as Trickster’s Point, deep in the Minnesota wilderness. With him is Jubal Little, who is favored to become the first Native American elected governor of Minnesota, and who is slowly dying...more
ebook, 336 pages
Published
August 21st 2012
by Atria Books
(first published January 1st 2012)
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I was very disappointed when author William Kent Krueger killed off the wife of his main character in book #9 (Heaven's Keep) because they had a special relationship, not perfect by any means, but a certain yin-yang thing, whereby they filled in the holes in the other. Several books later, Cork O'Connor seems to have found a new soulmate in Henry Meloux's niece, Rainy. Here is a wonderful summary of Cork's character from Rainy: "[Uncle Henry] says you are like a dog who can't remember where he's...more
This was my first book in this series; the library had gotten the audio version. I had not heard of the author, and I enjoy mysteries which play out in diverse cultural settings. This series is set in Minnesota and incorporates the Native American heritage of that region.
The story was interesting; I would have been more familiar with various relationships had I not started with number 12 in the series, but the reader is given enough information to understand things. It wasn't the best writing I'...more
The story was interesting; I would have been more familiar with various relationships had I not started with number 12 in the series, but the reader is given enough information to understand things. It wasn't the best writing I'...more
Actually, I'd give this book a 4.5 star rating. My first William Kent Krueger book to read and I look forward to reading lots more of them. The premise was utterly clever and it kept me hooked throughout the book. Inspired. As often happens with mysteries, I felt the cards fell into place too rapidly for me, as if the conclusion was bound to be complicated and it was. So the writer kind of rushed through it all to tie the ends up.
However, now that a day has gone by, I've found myself making more...more
However, now that a day has gone by, I've found myself making more...more
I don’t really like mysteries. Basically, I just never care whodunit and even if it was the butler, I can’t really figure out why he did it.
Fortunately, Krueger is such a masterful storyteller that he made me care. You can’t not care, especially when a beloved political figure is lying on the ground, gasping for breath with his best friend’s arrow sticking out of his chest. And there’s a really complex reason why this best friend sat beside the dying man for three hours without going to get help...more
Fortunately, Krueger is such a masterful storyteller that he made me care. You can’t not care, especially when a beloved political figure is lying on the ground, gasping for breath with his best friend’s arrow sticking out of his chest. And there’s a really complex reason why this best friend sat beside the dying man for three hours without going to get help...more
Approximately a year after the events of Northwest Angle finds Cork O’Connor once again dealing with the weighty issues of family, friendship, and survival in the wilderness of the North Country of Minnesota. It took Jubal Little three hours to die. Plenty of time for a man to confess his sins, make peace with the past, and more while siting against a rock at Trickster’s Point.
Cork O’Connor may have thought about killing Jubal Little. He may have gone to the site for a lot of reasons – including...more
Cork O’Connor may have thought about killing Jubal Little. He may have gone to the site for a lot of reasons – including...more
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After NORTHWEST ANGLE, I was ready to call it quits with Cork O'Connor. I'm so glad I didn't. I enjoyed this book and no longer want to tell Cork goodbye. There are not many surprises with the plot, but it is still a pleasure to set out with Cork to solve the mystery and spend time at Iron Lake again. In fact, TRICKSTER'S POINT reminds me a lot of IRON LAKE, the first book of the series.
I was especially happy that Rose was not there baking cookies and serving hot coffee on every page. Now if Je...more
I was especially happy that Rose was not there baking cookies and serving hot coffee on every page. Now if Je...more
I won this book from Bookreporter.com.
This is the first novel I've read in Krueger's Cork O'Connor series but with ample flashbacks to Cork's childhood, teenage years, and other pertinent references to his more recent past, the story is satisfyingly self-contained.
I was surprised by the nature of the writing. I was expecting a novel filled with suspense but I'd classify it as a rather sleepy thriller, at best. That's not to undercut its success. It's a well-constructed mystery. In fact, I though...more
This is the first novel I've read in Krueger's Cork O'Connor series but with ample flashbacks to Cork's childhood, teenage years, and other pertinent references to his more recent past, the story is satisfyingly self-contained.
I was surprised by the nature of the writing. I was expecting a novel filled with suspense but I'd classify it as a rather sleepy thriller, at best. That's not to undercut its success. It's a well-constructed mystery. In fact, I though...more
I won this book in a drawing from BookReporter.com. This was the first of Krueger's books that I've read and this was #12 in the series, but I found that I really didn't have to read the previous books to get up to speed in this one. There is a lot of back story, filling in the main character's relationship with the other characters, so that was a good thing. It was also frustrating because I wanted to stick with the main plot line and move forward with it more quickly.
Krueger's understanding an...more
Krueger's understanding an...more
Cork O’Connor has faced many perplexing situations in this long-running series set in Upper Minnesota. None, however, is as stunning as takes place in this latest chapter, perhaps because it begins at Trickster’s Point, where, according to Native American legend nothing is what it seems as the spirits play games. At the foot of the monolith sit Cork and Jubal Little, the presumptive future Governor of Minnesota. An arrow protrudes from Jubal’s chest, right through his heart. He asks Cork to rema...more
Twister’s Point, by William Kent Kreuger, a. Narrated by David Chandler, produced by Recorded Books, downloaded from audible.com.
This is the 12th in the Cork O’Connor series. Cork goes hunting with a former friend of his four days before the election which might bring him the governorship of Minnesota, the first NativeAmerican governor. But while they are hunting on the most dangerous spot, Trickster’s Point, Cork comes upon his friend with an arrow shot to his heart. His friend asks him not to...more
This is the 12th in the Cork O’Connor series. Cork goes hunting with a former friend of his four days before the election which might bring him the governorship of Minnesota, the first NativeAmerican governor. But while they are hunting on the most dangerous spot, Trickster’s Point, Cork comes upon his friend with an arrow shot to his heart. His friend asks him not to...more
I won this book in a contest on bookreporter.com and want to thank them for holding these contests.
To be fair to everyone, I have to mention that the two best books I’ve read in the past year are Cutting For Stone and The Orphan Master’s Son. Also. I started Trickster’s Point the day I finished reading The Orphan Master’s Son, so I did not find it full of the “nail biting suspense“ mentioned on the jacket flap. Furthermore, even though I do watch some mysteries on TV, I don’t usually read them,...more
To be fair to everyone, I have to mention that the two best books I’ve read in the past year are Cutting For Stone and The Orphan Master’s Son. Also. I started Trickster’s Point the day I finished reading The Orphan Master’s Son, so I did not find it full of the “nail biting suspense“ mentioned on the jacket flap. Furthermore, even though I do watch some mysteries on TV, I don’t usually read them,...more
I love visiting Aurora, MN! The characters are like family and neighbors I've known all my life. I used to wish this series would be a movie or tv series, but not anymore. I don't think anyone could do it justice (the way the Longmire series is being done comes close, though). I still try to picture the perfect actor to play Cork, but no one fits the bill. He's a combination of every perfect leading man. This story is beautifully written (what book has Kent not written beautifully?), and I love...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
This time I have started a series of novels written by William Kent Krueger with the twelfth book titled Trickster's Point. The story opens with Cork sitting in the shadow of a towering monolith in the Minnesota wilderness and thinking back to the day when he sat with his best friend who was dying with an arrow pierced through his heart. Law authorities wanted to know why Cork had not gone for help when it took three hours for Jubal to die. When the arrow turns out to be exactly like the ones Co...more
#12 in the series..and the newest to go on sale August 21, 2012. Thanks to Wendy at S&S/Atria Books for the ARC.
Another fantastic addition to the series, staring Cork O'Connor and his family and friends in Aurora, Minnesota.
Meet Jubal Little, a childhood buddy of Cork's, who has married into a powerful political family and is the current state governor.
While on a trip back home, Jubal and Cork are out hunting deep in the Minnesota wilderness, at an area, where a stone monolith is located...more
Another fantastic addition to the series, staring Cork O'Connor and his family and friends in Aurora, Minnesota.
Meet Jubal Little, a childhood buddy of Cork's, who has married into a powerful political family and is the current state governor.
While on a trip back home, Jubal and Cork are out hunting deep in the Minnesota wilderness, at an area, where a stone monolith is located...more
I used to be a voracious mystery/suspense reader some years back. But it seemed like too many writers were focused on creating incredible plot twists instead of creating interesting, multidimensional characters and generally beautiful, solid writing. Bad guys were cliched. Setting was almost nonexistent. Dialogue, likewise cliched and so transparently used as a device to deliver back story and information. I think the genre has suffered for that trend. But I was so excited to find that William K...more
This is a story about love, friendship and trust. Sometimes we don't see people for what they really are.
Cork O'Connor and Jubal Little have been friends since school and have also known Winona Crane and her brother Willie, whom Jubal had helped out during a fight in their youth. They have remained friends thru the years but many things have happened as each has gone in different directions.
Thru the years Jubal has become a political figure why Cork was a Sheriff who has now gone into investiga...more
Cork O'Connor and Jubal Little have been friends since school and have also known Winona Crane and her brother Willie, whom Jubal had helped out during a fight in their youth. They have remained friends thru the years but many things have happened as each has gone in different directions.
Thru the years Jubal has become a political figure why Cork was a Sheriff who has now gone into investiga...more
I am so thrilled that William Kent Krueger continues to write these wonderful Cork O'Connor books! Trickster's Point goes back into Cork's past to explain the happenings in his present life. This is the twelfth in the series and it is just as well written and compelling as the rest.
Jubal Little has been in and out of Cork's life for as long as he can remember. Jubal is assassinated in the first moments of the book. Cork has been set up to take the fall. And so it begins.
Krueger weaves native Ame...more
Jubal Little has been in and out of Cork's life for as long as he can remember. Jubal is assassinated in the first moments of the book. Cork has been set up to take the fall. And so it begins.
Krueger weaves native Ame...more
William Kent Kruger is among my favorite authors and I have enjoyed all of his work. This installment of the Cork O'Connor story, while enjoyable, is not up to the high standard he has set in the past. In this novel, he employs the flashback system -- while the main story line is moving forward, he periodically retreats in time to fill in historical details and flesh out characterizations. Perhaps being a somewhat linear thinker, I much prefer straight forward plot development and find the back...more
This book opens with Cork O'Connor out hunting with a childhood friend who is running for governor of Minnesota. The friend is shot and killed with an arrow that appears to be Cork's. Cork is suspected of killing his friend and starts his own investigation. I LOVE this series. It is one of my favorites. Krueger's writing is so engaging. His narrative is so beautifully written, that I often find myself stopping to re-read passages and savor the prose. He is a master at describing setting and crea...more
4.5 stars. Another great read in this consistently fine series. I'll admit I was a little disappointed with the author because I had figured out the murderer and the motive about mid-book. Yeah, I was completely wrong and can't believe I fell for the red herring.
I enjoyed this book because it included flashbacks of Cork's past -- his childhood and his teenage years, which have not been featured or referenced much in the series.
This was not as much of a thriller in the way the last few books have...more
I enjoyed this book because it included flashbacks of Cork's past -- his childhood and his teenage years, which have not been featured or referenced much in the series.
This was not as much of a thriller in the way the last few books have...more
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One of the better books in this series. I really liked the flashbacks to Cork's and Jubal's early years and the development of their friendship (of course, we've never heard of Jubal before in this series--so where was he?) and how it soured over the years. I had the mystery figured out very early in this one, which is something I almost never do, but Krueger really stresses a couple of clues over and over to the point where it's pretty obvious who's responsible. Still, the northern Minnesota lo...more
Another chapter in the life of Cork O'Connor. He's a former chief-of-police in upstate Minnesota near the Ojibwe Indian reservation. He's part Ojibwe himself, and so the books have Indian lore sprinkled throughout.
I enjoyed this book, as I have enjoyed others about Cork O'Connor. In these mysteries, Cork is always cleverer than the local law enforcement officials, The series features ordinary, small town, down-to-earth people caught up in events that are far from ordinary.
If you want a good my...more
I enjoyed this book, as I have enjoyed others about Cork O'Connor. In these mysteries, Cork is always cleverer than the local law enforcement officials, The series features ordinary, small town, down-to-earth people caught up in events that are far from ordinary.
If you want a good my...more
A Minnesota gubernatorial candidate (and probable winner) is killed while bow hunting. Cork O'Connor, hunting with him, is the chief suspect (at first). A second murder complicates the picture. Both murders unearth a complex web of past and present relationships. There are several suspects by the time the real killer's identity becomes clear, but that identity isn't much of a stretch for the reader. What remains, mystery aside, is a reasonably interesting depiction of place, and some attractive...more
I very much enjoy Cork as a series center--he is a likable guy, who used to be a cop, now is a PI, and doesn't carry a gun--which leads him into trouble on more than a few occasions. This book centers on things that happened in his childhood, and the people who he had rivalries and alliances with at that time in his life. One of them is shot with an arrow that looks very much like the ones he makes as the book opens. Then there is a lot of flashing back to why this person is important, and why h...more
I like the characters in Krueger's Cork O'Connor series, especially Henry. I love the settings and the Indian lore. And even though I don't like the extensive back story, which constantly cropped up in "Trickster's Point" and cut the story's forward momentum, Krueger's writing provides an enjoyable read. Unfortunately, there's a but. I wish Krueger would keep his personal politics out of the stories. He doesn't do it in every book, but when he does he just ruins my enjoyment. I'm being very gene...more
One of Cork O'Connor's oldest friends has been shot thru the heart with an arrow that looks exactly like the ones Cork makes, plus, it happened while Cork was hunting with the man! To make matters worse, Cork stays with the man the 3 hours it takes him to die, rather than going for help (no cell phone service in the area). While the police investigate, Cork pursues his own investigation, processing what the man said while he was dying, what Cork knows of the man's political aspirations, and thei...more
Finished this title over a month ago and finally writing a review. I bagan it on a Wednesday evening and finished it the next day--something that only occurs when two elements merge--I have a well written book in hand and the time to pursue reading it.
Krueger knows his craft well, writes a tight story and this title pulls at the bonds of childhood friendship playing out in adult lives.
While there is much action in the present, the reasons for it happening are deeply rooted in childhood and young...more
Krueger knows his craft well, writes a tight story and this title pulls at the bonds of childhood friendship playing out in adult lives.
While there is much action in the present, the reasons for it happening are deeply rooted in childhood and young...more
I love Krueger's Cork O'conner series for many reasons (and I've read every one). The plot line is always tight with lots of twists. The setting in often described in vivid details that linger in my mind. I also enjoy the complexities that usually exist between characters. Unfortunately, I missed that in this latest effort. There's still much to recommend this book, but I hope Krueger's next will delve deeper into Cork's relationships in a way that tests Cork's resilence--as I am accustomed to.
I've read quite a few of the books in this series set in the Iron Range of the upper Great Lakes. They are well written and depict how modern day Ojibwe Indians interact with their fellow residents of the economically challenged area. This one touches on the tension between those who favor mining as a job creator create and those who fear the environmental degradation that will accompany this type of mining. The characters, already established in previous novels, are beautifully developed.
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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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