Blood Hollow

By: William Kent Krueger

Narrated by: David Chandler

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

After 17-year-old Charlotte Kane, the beautiful, brilliant, and brooding daughter of a rich widower, disappears on a drunken New Years' Eve snowmobile ride, a raging blizzard soon snuffs out all search efforts. When her body is found during the spring thaw four months later, preliminary evidence implicates her ex-boyfriend: Ojibwe bad-boy Solemn Winter Moon. But then a second Charlotte Kane turns up dead, and Cork isn't sure of anything any more.

Public Domain (P)2007 Recorded Books

Live the descLLove the descriptive writing.... holds your interest to the end.

Love the descriptive writing.... holds your interest to the end... with all the twists and turns.

Religious Questions of Belief

This is an early book because Cork’s family is young. Stevie is barely a toddler and in the later stories, he is a young man. This is one reason I enjoy these books. The family grows, and it’s like the reader knows them. The murder is complicated and it’s not easy to see the truth in the suspects.

Hard to predict

I was slightly apprehensive when I began to read because Blood Hollow did not have the same high ratings as other Krueger books. But I was drawn in about 1/3 through when I realized how complex the plot is and how unpredictable. Krueger has an innate ability to weave a murder mystery.

Excellent.

Have read all in this series. Blood Hollow met my expectations with interesting characters and complex plot line. Looking forward to more.

editing

The only problem I had with listening to this book was the timing of chapter announcements. It would have been nice if it had been edited so that there was at least a breath after the last sentence and the new chapter announcement.

William K Krueger

I am thoroughly in love with all the books. I’ve listen to so far by Mr. Krueger. I just love the heart and soul that he puts into his stories and his characters. My only tiny complaint is that too many of the characters are good looking. I prefer books to be a little more believable. Everything else is excellent.

Excellent

My 3rd Krueger book and they never disappoint. Characters are wonderful, plot is engrossing, writing superb and narration perfect. Will continue to read them.

My favorite Cork story so far

This was one of the the author’s more complex stories, and my favorite so far. I loved the ultimate overlay of various characters’ struggle with spirituality, morality and redemption. This one stands out to me as an example of WKK’s ability to immerse you in the comfort and familiarity of his characters, the grounding of his scenic descriptions, and the person ethics of a good man.

Kreuger is to Minnesota what Connelly is to LA

Any additional comments?

I've just finished the first 4 books of this series over the last two weeks. I'm a huge fan of crime mysteries and have read many of the more popular authors of this type of genre including Michael Connelly, CJ Box, Craig Johnson, Robert Crais, and Harlen Coben to mention a few. Up until now I've enjoyed them all, but didn't think any of them would ever compare to Micheal Connelly and the Harry Bosch series. Well I'm here to tell you there's some competition in town now.

Although William Kent Kreugar may not have the intricate and surprising plot twists like Connelly, he more than makes up for it with his cast of characters and a very believable and relatable protagonist and his family living in a very unique area. There is always some form of moral conflict at the center of each of his stories and Blood Hollow is no different.

Don't be put off by the few that have problems with the Christian or Catholic underpinnings of this story. There has always been a very predominant aspect of spirituality in all of the books in this series. Mostly it's been oriented around Native American spirituality with just a few references to Cork O'Conner and his family's Catholic heritage. That never bothered anyone until the Christian heritage became more predominant in this book. I guess for some people mentioning Christianity is akin to "preaching" whereas native american spirituality isn't...go figure.

At any rate, this is a top-notch story told in a powerful and believable way that allows one to feel a real connection to the events and the people involved. What draws me into this book as well as his previous books is enjoying how the characters grow and change from the things they experience. By the time I get to the end I feel nearly as exhausted as the characters because I've been on the ride with them. And I also take away little bits of wisdom I've absorbed during the process that I can take with me on my own personal journey. To me, that's a pretty good deal.

a journey worth taking

this story is a story on two levels, the secular and the spiritual. it keeps you listening and thinking right to the end. as a Catholic Priest myself, I was relieved that finally, after many years the priest was real , human and not a scum bag! there are many good priests in the world and Father Mals struggle is real. thank you Mr Kruger for a fantastic story and a renewed sense of the goodness in the struggle of being human!