Copper River

By: William Kent Krueger

Narrated by: David Chandler

Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Part Irish, part Native-American, Sheriff Cork O'Connor serves the remote territory of Tamarack County, Minnesota. But big trouble is brewing: a powerful man believes O'Connor killed his son. Now there's a price on the sheriff's head and a bullet in his leg. He finds refuge with his cousin, Jewell, and her teenage son, Ren, in their tiny Michigan town. But when Ren and his friends are threatened, O'Connor must risk his cover to find out why.

Copper River opens with a terrifying scene that sets the tone for the suspense that grows stronger with each succeeding chapter. The narrator's taut performance underscores O'Connor's vulnerability and his vigilance.

Author William Kent Krueger has won two Anthony Awards for his gripping Cork O'Connor mysteries. Set in remote areas of the northwest, each book in the series launches the Minnesota lawman into challenges that push his endurance to new limits.

©2006 William Kent Krueger (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

Critic reviews

"Krueger has moved to the head of the crime fiction class." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Minnesota has a become a hotbed of hard-boiled crime fiction, and the Cork O'Connor novels are among the best." (Booklist)

Great

This is one of the best I have Read

OUTSTANDING! All Around!

This wonderfully suspenseful, flirty, teasing story between Cork and his delightful assistant was refreshing. Cork remains a faithful family man while away from his wife and children without losing the ability to accept and respect a lovely "Jason Bourne"-type-abilities partner. This story was different. The loving and altruistic focus on a much neglected segment of our society was delightful. WKK portrayed youth truthfully while emphasizing their intelligence, resourcefulness and loyalty with great respect. I love all the mysteries so far, but I'd have to say this is one of my favorites.

Copper River

I’m having a great time getting to know the world of Cork O’Conner. Really good follow-up to Mercy Falls, great story.

Best one yet!

Running from the hitmen sent after him by an angry and confused father, Cork takes a bullet in the leg. Unable to go to a hospital, he falls back on family in the form of a cousin, Jewell Dubois, who just happens to be a veterinarian. Holed up at her wilderness resort, he hopes to lay low while the police prove that he wasn't the one who killed Lou Jakobi's son.

But this is Cork O'Connor we're talking about. Ren, Jewell's son, is with a couple of friends when one of them sees a body floating down Copper River. No one else sees it and Ren is more inclined to think it was a log, but then his friend Charlie's father is found bludgeoned to death, and Charlie is missing. Two days later, his other friend, Stash, is hit by a car. Is someone coming for him next?

This takes up where the last book seemed to leave us hanging over the abyss of unfinished story land. I started this while driving out of town and as luck would have it, hadn't downloaded the second half of the book! I almost cried. Copper River is one of the best books in the series so far - I love the intensity of family and friendship this work includes. The action isn't bad either. Hopefully Jewell and Ren will return in another book.

The narrator for this series is a good fit. You really feel like it's Cork O'Connor you're listening tell the tale.

Another winner

I love this series! Never disappointed & this one especially had me holding my breath to see what cliff lay ahead… on to the next adventure

The beautiful writing and believable Characters are what earns five stars!

Every book this writer writes is well crafted! His use of metaphor and foreshadowing make it nearly impossible to put his books down!

good but not what I thought it would be

At the end of the last book, 'Mercy Falls', Cork has been accused by a Chicago mobster of killing his sons and a bounty has been put on his head, he's been shot, and he's on the lam to hide. I anticipated this book would be a continuation of the last with Cork being hunted with every stone being turned over to find him and him striving to avoid being killed.

And, while he was hiding at a cousin's on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan he finds himself drawn into a mystery of a local nature but you aren't really sure where the bounty hunters are or if they are maybe part of what's going on. The mob has a big reach and you are expecting them to pop up at any minute. In the end the local mystery and the mob hit both get cleared up but the bulk of the story is the setting and the local mystery.

Still it was another good story in the series. If you are a fan of the series you want to just keep moving on through the series, just like me.

Solving Murders on the Run

Cork is on the run with a price on his head, suspected of murder himself . . . so he runs to his cousin, Jewell, in Michigan . . . where he finds little solace. The mystery continues to unfold, and its as good a story as the first books in the series.

Another great book in a fabulous series!

William Kent Krueger is such a talented writer, And cork O’Connor is a character you love more each book . A good friend introduced me to these books just this past year and I am so thankful that he did. I have read many books, and many series, But I do not think I have enjoyed any of them more than
These. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend the standalone ordinary grace also by William Kent Krueger. That book will touch your heart!

great !

I really enjoy this series! I just can't get enough. I hope it never ends.