![]() ![]() Why the mercenaries are hunting Dolores, and how her missing husband figures into the story, remains a mystery until Krueger delivers an unexpected twist at the very end. It soon becomes evident that not everyone will survive the ordeal in one piece. And we follow Cork, who grows increasingly fearful that he lacks the skill to save Dolores, Henry and Rainy. We follow a team of mercenaries who are determined to find them, led by a skilled Native American tacker of their own. In Edgar winner Krueger’s outstanding 19th mystery featuring PI Cork O’Connor of Minnesota’s Tamarack County (after 2021’s Lightning Strike), Cork is tending the grill at his burger joint when he’s approached by a stranger who introduces himself as Louis Morriseau. ![]() We follow Henry as he uses a century of experience as a woodsman to evade the men who are tracking them. When Cork returns to the camp, he find signs that others have searched the place, and that Dolores, Henry and Rainy are being tracked and hunted, so he heads into the wilderness to track the hunters.įor more than 300 pages, Krueger keeps shifting points of view. Not long after, Henry senses imminent danger and leads Dolores and Rainy into the wilderness of deep woods and marshes. So Cork heads back to Aurora to try to figure out what’s going on. ![]() Dolores confirms that the man in the photo is not her husband, who, it seems, has mysteriously disappeared. ![]()
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