Title: Windigo Island
Author: William Kent Krueger
Review: This is the first book from this author I
have read – I have a neighbor that loves this author and she has been reading
and writing reviews for us on books from this author. She was unable to read this book at this time
so I decided to give it a try.
I was
impressed with the writing; I enjoyed the story and the mystery. I was emotionally caught up in the drama of
the family that had lost their daughters and how the women knew what was
happening because they had done the same at their age to escape the poverty
they were born into and lived it still.
The story caught my attention fast and held it thought out the book.
I was
emotionally tied to this story and I cried at the end and at the plight of
those involved and lost. I wonder if all
of his books have such an emotional pull on the heart strings. I don’t mind reading books like this every
once in awhile but I hate to have heavy, devastating, emotional, gripping,
painful experiences weighing on my mind too often. I am a teacher and work with teens and
preteens so this hit a bit close to home.
This is
a well written book with a well developed plot.
I liked the characters and their relationships with each other. Not a bad way to spend a flight to Arizona. I live in Minnesota and have been to Duluth, The Apostle Islands but not to Willston SD. The Apostle Island are worth the trip....beautiful..so is Duluth.
Published: Published August 19th 2014 by AtriaBooks
ISBN: 9781476749235
Page
Count: 352
Quick Review: 4 out of 5 stars
Why I Read this Title: Sent by the publisher
Synopsis: Cork O'Connor battles vicious villains, both
mythical and modern, to rescue a young girl in the latest nail-biting mystery
from New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger.
When the body of a teenage Ojibwe girl washes up on
the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff
reservation whisper that it was the work of a mythical beast, the Windigo, or a
vengeful spirit called Michi Peshu. Such stories have been told by the Ojibwe
people for generations, but they don't solve the mystery of how the girl and
her friend, Mariah Arceneaux, disappeared a year ago. At the request of the
Arceneaux family, Cork O'Connor, former sheriff turned private investigator, is
soon on the case.
But on the Bad Bluff reservation, nobody's talking.
Still, Cork puts enough information together to find a possible trail. In
Duluth, Minnesota, he learns from an Ojibwe social worker that both Duluth and
the Twin Cities are among the most active areas in the US for sex trafficking
of vulnerable women, many of whom are young Native Americans. As the
investigation deepens, so does the danger. Cork realizes he's not only up
against those who control the lucrative sex enterprise, he must also battle
government agencies more than willing to look the other way.
Yet Cork holds tight to his purpose, Mariah, an
innocent fifteen-year-old girl at the heart of this grotesque web, who is still
missing and whose family is desperate to get her back. With only the barest
hope of saving her, Cork prepares to battle men whose evil rivals that of the
bloodthirsty Windigo and who are as powerful, elusive, and vengeful as the dark
spirit Michi Peshu.
Author
Information: Raised in the
Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford
University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he
logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and
eventually ended up researching child development at the University of
Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been
married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is an attorney. He makes his
home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.
Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north
woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of
Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His
work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the
Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys
Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last five novels were all
New York Times bestsellers.
"Ordinary Grace," his stand-alone novel
published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of
America in recognition for the best novel published in that year. "Windigo
Island," number fourteen in his Cork O’Connor series, was released in
August 2014.
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