... another talking book, written by William Kent Kreuger. The copyright date was back in 2005. I knew when it started, providing background information about the O'Connor family I've come to know well from listening to other recorded books it was an older story, as the children were much younger. Well written, with lots of details about places and people that make the characters seem to come to life, very believable.
Cork O'Connor, Sheriff of Tamarack County, is drawn into a situation where he and one of his deputies are injured by a hidden sniper when they go out on call to the Ojibwe reservation in Minnesota. As his team of deputies are trying to collect evidence, find the shooter, a homicide victim is discovered at a well known public park named Mercy Falls. This man, Eddie, is known to Cork as well as his wife, Jo, who is an attorney, representing the Ojibwe tribe. Eddie is attempting to persuade the tribe to allow his employer to manage the casino on reservation property, and is in talks with tribal leaders.
O'Connor eventually determines the sniper to be a man who he sent to prison years ago. The sniper takes a hostage, Cork begins to track him,with the help of a friend, Henry, who is an Ojibwe healer. Along with the father of the hostage, they follow the former convict into the Boundary Waters, a vast area of lakes, dense forest, unpopulated North country on the Canadian border.
It is a great story, making it hard to turn off the CD when I get to my destination. I find myself wishing it were a book in print, so I could take it with me every where I go and read a few sentences while waiting in line. The people at NPR call them 'driveway moments', when you get home, and won't stop the car, sit in your driveway, listening. I sit in the parking lot at work, waiting until the last possible moment, getting in a few more words before I have to dash in the door.
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