Red Knife, 8

by Krueger, William Kent
ISBN: 9781416556756
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Private investigator Cork O'Connor finds himself caught in the middle of a racial gang war that's turning picturesque Tamarack County, Minnesota, into a battlefield.

When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father, strong-willed and brutal Buck Reinhardt, vows revenge. His target is the Red Boyz, a gang of Ojibwe youths accused of supplying the girl's fatal drug dose. When the head of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered in a way that suggests execution, the Ojibwe gang mobilizes, and the citizens of Tamarack County brace themselves for war, white against red.

Both sides look to Cork O'Connor, a man of mixed heritage, to uncover the truth behind the murders. A former sheriff, Cork has lived, fought, and nearly died to keep the small-town streets and his family safe from harm. He knows that violence is never a virtue, but he believes that it's sometimes a necessary response to the evil that men do. Racing to find answers before the bloodshed spreads, Cork himself becomes involved in the darkest of deeds. As the unspeakable unfolds in the remote and beautiful place he calls home, Cork is forced to confront the horrific truth: violence is a beast that cannot be contained.

In Red Knife, Krueger gives his readers a vivid picture of racial conflict in small-town America, as well as a sensitive look at the secrets we keep from even those closest to us and the destructive nature of all that is left unsaid between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and lovers.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Krueger, William Kent
  • ISBN: 9781416556756
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.21 x 0.87
  • Number Of Pages: 336
  • Publication Year: 2009

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  • Minnesotan Murder Mystery

    Andru V. - 1 year 2 months ago

    Red Knife is the eighth book in the Cork O' Connor mysteries series set in Minnesota. The geographic local of Krueger's book are displayed both in the description of physical landscape, as well as in the dialogue between characters. Most current and former residents of Minnesota will more than likely be familiar with the characters, not by name, but rather as archetypes of the typical "Minnesotan folk". Cork O' Connor, a former detective turned private investigator, who himself shares ancestry with both Ojibwe as well as Irish residents, is called upon to solve the mysterious death of a wealthy business man's daughter who seems to have suffered from a fatal drug overdose. When the wealthy businessman, Buck Reinhardt, declares that it was surely a group of native youth, who call themselves the "Red Boyz," the responsibility falls upon O'Connor to find out whether the young men are indeed guilty, or if something larger, more sinister is truly to blame. With multiple story lines and a slew of rich characters, Krueger entertains, intrigues, and educates the readers about Ojibwe culture and history in Northern Minnesota all the while stringing them along until a surprising and satisfying end.

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