Boundary Waters

De: William Kent Krueger

Narrado por: David Chandler

Drawing strong comparisons to the work of James Lee Burke and Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor mysteries never fail to please fans.

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 former sheriff Cork O'Connor to find his daughter, and Cork joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two FBI agents, and a 10-year-old boy. Others are on Shiloh's trail as well - men hired not just to find her, but to kill her.

As the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on Aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town's snowy streets. Meanwhile, out on the Boundary Waters, winter falls hard. Cork's team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a Minnesota blizzard, death - violent and sudden - stalks them.

©1999 William Kent Krueger (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Krueger’s writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank.” ( Publishers Weekly)

Am So Happy!

I am so happy to have discovered this mystery series at Audible. This second book in the series was as much or more interesting than the first. Great characters in a powerful and fascinating story. I look forward to listening to more books from this excellent author.

Fast paced with Native American Wisdom added in

I love the narrator, the book is well written> I'm happy to say I am hooked on this series. I love the characters and the chance to learn more about Native American life and wisdom's. What a treat!

Enjoyable Read

Good story well told. A good surprise twist made it even more fun 'reading' (hearing).

Taut tale of search and rescue

The Boundary Waters Canoe area is part of the Superior national wilderness in the far north country of Minnesota just south of Canada’s Quetico wilderness. The pristine land of a thousand lakes is often only accessible by canoe. Stands of ancient trees tower over the bear and the wolf that still roam free. There is a stillness to the majesty there. It is here that country western singer Shiloh has come to retreat from the world, to reconnect with the music within her.

When Shiloh’s father, Willie Raye, stops hearing from his daughter, he heads to the town of Aurora, Minnesota which borders the Ojibwe reservation. Raye hires former sheriff of Tamarack County Cork O’Connor who is part Irish and part Ojibwe to find her. Suddenly three FBI agents arrive at the sheriff’s office looking for Shiloh in connection to a murder she may have witnessed years ago. They work to convince Cork to include them in his investigation. They point to a tabloid offering a reward for finding Shiloh and figure Aurora will be inundated with searchers within days. Before Cork can do much, yet another man arrives in Aurora, this one owns a casino in Las Vegas and could be connected to that murder years ago. He claims to be Shiloh’s father and wants Cork to find her.

Shiloh’s guide, Wendell Two Knives, has disappeared, and he is the only one who knows where she is. When Cork visits Wendell’s nephew Stormy, they realize that his young son, Lewis, had accompanied Wendell on his trips to see Shiloh. Lewis cannot point to a map to locate her, but he knows the way. The FBI agents coerce Stormy and Lewis to agree to search. Cork mounts an expedition that includes Raye, Stormy and Lewis, and two of the FBI agents. While paddling through those still waters and walking the trails among the forests, it doesn’t take long for Cork to realize they are not the only ones looking for Shiloh.

Back in Aurora, yet another man claims to be Shiloh’s father. Cork’s wife Jo realizes things are not what they seem and involves the sheriff in this unfolding family drama. When bodies begin to emerge from the Boundary Waters, a taut search for a killer begins. What follows is a chase we never expected.

Author Krueger has turned a search for a missing woman into a gripping race for survival. Not only must the woman find her way to safety among the hidden dangers of the forest but among the men who would save her. The searchers become the hunted as they race to rescue the woman. Who will find refuge first? Narrator David Chandler paused a bit too often along the way but does manage to bring us to the exciting conclusion of this tense drama. Second in the Cork O’Connor mysteries, this far exceeds any sophomore effort.

Wild ride!!

I read "Iron Lake", by Krueger. Overall, I liked it but there were parts that I didn't like, and I almost stopped reading his work. My sister urged me to give it another chance and she was right. Boundary Waters is a great book. Well fleshed out characters, depths of good and evil that ring true. The idea that the best person has a dark side, and the worst has flashes of goodness.
This book has almost everything I look for in a thriller. I am white, but grew up on a native American reservation. There I was exposed to some indigenous spiritual beliefs. They were interesting then and I am fascinated by them now. I also saw, firsthand, what abject poverty looked like. Native American religions, much of which is based on helping one another and taking care of the Earth makes a whole lot more sense to me than any other religion I ever studied.
Ripping good stuff, I will read more!!

Hope some streaming company checks out this writers 18 Cork O’Connor novels

I am reading each one of these books in order( all 18) I hope more will becoming . I enjoy these as much as I loved watching Longmire! What a talented and educatedwriter!

Love this series.

When the Sherriff asked where Cork could be reached for his statement. He said. Home. Also the epilog Lewis gave brought a tear to my eye.

A Tale of Good and Evil which will Lift your heart

The epilogue is worth the read, It will transport. I could not put it down.

Loved everything about it!

The story, the reading of it, kept me spellbound during the complete book. I liked it better than the first book. Looking forward to listening to the third book!!

great story

really enjoyed all of the characters, and the landscape and narration is very well done