Boundary Waters

By: William Kent Krueger

Narrated by: David Chandler

Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Critic reviews

“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)

Great book

I have enjoyed this book as much as the first one. The character development and story line are great! I love the twists in the plot that kept me guessing.

boundary waters

first time reading this genre , enjoyable , although I prefer his other books .. a tender land etc

Great Read

Boundary Waters was well written; I learned many things about the Native American culture, along with twists and turns in this mystery.

Great sense of place and people

I felt I was in the Boundary Waters with them. Exciting pacing coupled with lovely prose.

Loved the descriptions of nature and Native people.

Mn is my home and hearing these novels bring me back there. I realize once again that our world is bigger than ourselves.

The fortitude and knowledge of the 10 year old.

Wonderful book with well developed and interesting characters. Read the whole series preferably in order!

Adventure

Enjoyable story and characters. Good series to listen to. Great story with excellent reader. Highly recommend.

I'm hooked on Cork

I like this character and I love the setting. I am also enjoying the development of the characters in Aurora and on the reservations. I especially appreciate that these are complex characters, full of strengths and flaws and good and bad.

In this story, the wilderness plays as big a role as the human characters and I think the author did a brilliant job of "taking us along" as the various characters dealt with the wild lands in which they found themselves.

It's a "rip-snorter" of a story full of complex characters and interesting plot lines and Corcoran is, of course, right in the middle of it.

Just purely good story-telling.

River/Treacherous/Determination

Would you consider the audio edition of Boundary Waters to be better than the print version?

I've never read the print version and now that I've listened to Boundary Waters I don't think that the written version could compare.

What other book might you compare Boundary Waters to and why?

I would compare the book The Templar Legacy. The reason being that the group of people who made the team to fight an adversary, came together and used all of their resources to conquer the impossible demons who challenged them to the death.

Which character – as performed by David Chandler – was your favorite?

Louis was my favorite character because even though he was only a child of 10, he didn't cower from participating in the most challenging and dangerous mission in his life. He proved to possess a powerful wisdom that was paramount in their search for Shiloh. His memory was spectacular. Louis was able to guide them along a dangerous, long journey that brought them face to face with further challenges where he stood strong and accepted the role of keeping the leadership role of guiding them them through the Quetico-Superior Wilderness.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes I did want to list to this book all in one sitting. However, I did finish in two days.

Any additional comments?

I will continue with the series. The novels are proving to be a series that contains so much history about the state of Minnesota that I am enthralled and eager to learn more.

pace

I really enjoyed this story to me it had a different pace than the first book. the narrator was very good and I was able to distinguish the characters loved the bad guy . I mean the really really bad guy