Cork O'Connor Series

19 primary works • 25 total works
Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor is a former Chicago cop living in the north Minnesota woods.

Book 1

Iron Lake
3.95
· 35603 Ratings · 3320 Reviews · published 1998 · 35 editions
Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is havin…
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Book 2

Boundary Waters
4.09
· 19335 Ratings · 1614 Reviews · published 1999 · 21 editions
The Quetico-Superior Wilderness: more than two mil…
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Book 3

Purgatory Ridge
4.15
· 14812 Ratings · 1136 Reviews · published 2001 · 18 editions
Winner of the prestigious Loft-McKnight Fiction Aw…
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Book 4

Blood Hollow
4.16
· 12298 Ratings · 999 Reviews · published 2004 · 18 editions
When the corpse of a beautiful high school student…
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Book 5

Mercy Falls
4.09
· 10909 Ratings · 908 Reviews · published 2005 · 21 editions
Back in the saddle as sheriff of Tamarack County, …
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Book 6

Copper River
4.18
· 10875 Ratings · 858 Reviews · published 2006 · 13 editions
Two-time Anthony Award-winning author William Kent…
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Book 7

Thunder Bay
4.24
· 10895 Ratings · 923 Reviews · published 2007 · 25 editions
Henry Meloux, Cork's friend and spiritual advisor,…
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Book 8

Red Knife
4.10
· 8982 Ratings · 729 Reviews · published 2008 · 23 editions
When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies a…
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Book 9

Heaven's Keep
4.20
· 9315 Ratings · 855 Reviews · published 2009 · 21 editions

You can’t keep Cork down, and in the next rivet…

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Book 10

Vermilion Drift
4.20
· 8394 Ratings · 703 Reviews · published 2010 · 20 editions
Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's…
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Book 11

Northwest Angle
4.22
· 9493 Ratings · 862 Reviews · published 2011 · 19 editions
With his family caught in the crosshairs of a grou…
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Book 12

Trickster's Point
4.19
· 8377 Ratings · 692 Reviews · published 2012 · 15 editions
The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork …
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Book 13

Tamarack County
4.15
· 8665 Ratings · 740 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
Violence and murder blow into Minnesota’s sleepy T…
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Book 14

Windigo Island
4.15
· 8095 Ratings · 738 Reviews · published 2014 · 10 editions
When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up o…
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Book 15

Manitou Canyon
4.12
· 7989 Ratings · 735 Reviews · published 2016 · 11 editions
Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and …
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Book 16

Sulfur Springs
4.00
· 7426 Ratings · 768 Reviews · published 2017 · 12 editions
On the Fourth of July, just as fireworks are about…
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Book 17

Desolation Mountain
4.11
· 8086 Ratings · 822 Reviews · published 2018 · 12 editions
New York Times bestselling author William Kent Kru…
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Book 18

Lightning Strike
4.28
· 19721 Ratings · 2276 Reviews · published 2021 · 17 editions
The author of the instant New York Times best sel…
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Book 19

Fox Creek
4.25
· 9034 Ratings · 968 Reviews · published 2022 · 13 editions
The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork …
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Book 1-3

The William Kent Krueger Collection #1: Iron Lake / Boundary Waters / Purgatory Ridge
Three exciting Cork O'Connor mysteries in one pack…
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Book 4-6

The William Kent Krueger Collection #2: Blood Hollow, Mercy Falls, and Copper River
Three unforgettable Cork O’Connor mysteries in one…
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Book 7-9

The William Kent Krueger Collection #3: Thunder Bay, Red Knife, and Heaven's Keep
Three knockout Cork O’Connor mysteries in one unpu…
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Book 10-12

The William Kent Krueger Collection #4: Vermilion Drift, Northwest Angle, and Trickster's Point
Three heartpounding New York Times bestselling Cor…
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Book 13-15

William Kent Krueger Collection #5: Tamarack County, Windigo Island, and Manitou Canyon
“Mystery fans can count on William Kent Krueger fo…
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The World of Cork O'Connor: A Look Behind the Pages of the Beloved Mystery Series
As the author of over fifteen spellbinding novels …
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