Book 1

Iron Lake

by William Kent Krueger

Published 1 August 1998
Part Irish, part Native American, Corcoran Cork O'Connor puts aside his grudge against the small Minnesota town that rejected him as a sheriff to investigate a sinister conspiracy responsible for the murder of the local judge.

Book 1

The 20th anniversary edition of the first novel in William Kent Krueger’s beloved and bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series—includes an exclusive bonus short story!

“A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Glass Houses
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Book 1

Iron Lake

by William Kent Krueger

Published 26 January 2021
The first in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series follows Corcoran “Cork” O’Connor as he delves into the dark side of small-town Minnesota while investigating a tangled web of corruption and danger. “A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate” (Louise...Read more

Book 2

Boundary Waters

by William Kent Krueger

Published 1 July 2000
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...

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Book 3

Purgatory Ridge

by William Kent Krueger

Published 27 February 2001
Fresh from his escapades in the popular Boundary Waters (0671016997), Cork O'Connor finds himself mierd once again in the mysteries of small-town Minnesota in this shocking new thriller from the award-winning author of Iron Lake (0671016970); Not far from Cork O'Connor's small hometown of Aurora, Minnesota, lies an ancient...Read more

Book 4

Blood Hollow

by William Kent Krueger

Published 3 February 2004
A brilliant new installment in the prize-winning Cork O'Connor series -- from the acclaimed author of Boundary Waters and Purgatory Ridge.
When the corpse of a beautiful high school student is discovered on a hillside four months after her disappearance on New Year's Eve, all evidence points to...Read more

Book 5

Mercy Falls

by William Kent Krueger

Published 16 August 2005
A stunning new suspense novel in William Kent Krueger's prize-winning Corcoran O'Connor series finds the charismatic detective steeped in his most dangerous case to date.
Back on the beat as sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork O'Connor has already seen his beautiful Northwoods jurisdiction through an eventful summer. Now,...Read more

Book 6

Copper River

by William Kent Krueger

Published 22 August 2006

The sixth novel in William Kent Krueger's award-winning suspense series finds Cork O'Connor running for his life -- straight into a murderous conspiracy involving teenage runaways.

In well-crafted settings that are beautiful and unforgiving, with unforgettable characters and jaw-dropping surprises, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor...Read more

Book 7

Thunder Bay

by William Kent Krueger

Published 24 July 2007

Book 7

Thunder Bay

by William Kent Krueger

Published 11 August 2009

Book 8

Red Knife

by William Kent Krueger

Published 2 September 2008
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....Read more

Book 9

Heaven's Keep

by William Kent Krueger

Published 1 September 2009
Intrepid hero Cork O’Connor faces the most harrowing mission of his life when a charter plane carrying his wife goes missing in a snowstorm over the Wyoming Rockies.

Months after the tragedy, two women show up on Cork’s doorstep with evidence that the pilot of Jo’s plane was...Read more

Book 10

Vermilion Drift

by William Kent Krueger

Published 7 September 2010
Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's death.William Kent Krueger's gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift. When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on...Read more

Book 11

Northwest Angle

by William Kent Krueger

Published 30 August 2011
With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O'Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger's unforgettable "New York Times "bestselling series.

During a houseboat vacation on the remote Lake of the Woods,...

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Book 12

Trickster's Point

by William Kent Krueger

Published 21 August 2012
The action never stops in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series—and this time O’Connor is targeted by a political assassin.

The dying don’t easily become the dead.

Cork O’Connor is sitting in the shadow of a towering monolith known as Trickster’s Point, deep in...Read more

Book 13

Tamarack County

by William Kent Krueger

Published 20 August 2013
As a blizzard swells just days before Christmas, the car belonging to the wife of a retired local judge is discovered abandoned on a rural road in Tamarack County. After days of fruitless effort, the search-and-rescue team has little hope that she'll be found alive, if at all. Cork...Read more

Book 14

Windigo Island

by William Kent Krueger

Published 19 August 2014
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...Read more

Book 15

Manitou Canyon

by William Kent Krueger

Published 6 September 2016
""One of today's automatic buy-today-read-tonight series ... thoughtful but suspenseful, fast but lasting, contemporary but strangely timeless." (Lee Child) In the extraordinary new Cork O'Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when...Read more

Book 15

Manitou Canyon

by William Kent Krueger

Published 6 September 2016
In the extraordinary new Cork O'Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when Cork vanishes just days before his daughter's wedding.

Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best...Read more

Book 16

Sulfur Springs

by William Kent Krueger

Published 22 August 2017
New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger showcases his talent "creating strong characters, building drama and conflict, braiding in Indian legend and spirituality, and spinning a good yarn" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) in this a vivid and pulse-pounding thriller that follows Cork O'Connor's search for a missing man amid...Read more