Anyone read William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series?

[Mme. Defarge]

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I’m working my way through it and think it may be the best of the best. He won the Edgar award for Best Mystery for Ordinary Grace, a stand alone novel in 2014. That was the first book of his I read, which inspired me try the series. I’m halfway through Windigo Island, which gives a brief but fascinating history of Duluth, Minnesota, including the good, the bad, and the ugly, as well as a devastating account of the sexual exploitation of, and violence towards Native American women and children. But also deeply spiritual. Terrible and beautiful, and all of a piece.

[Ocelot II]

1. Not all of them, but most. It's a good series, and since I live in MN

and I'm familiar with Duluth and some of the other areas in the books, I've found them particularly interesting. I really like how he handles his Native characters.

[Mme. Defarge]

2. Oops!

Sorry I misspelled Duluth. Since I’m actually listening to the audiobook versions, I miss seeing how things are spelled. Wonderful reader!

[Ocelot II]

5. I've listened to a couple of them as audiobooks as well.

I like audiobooks - I listen when I'm out walking - but of course you won't get correct spellings from them. The trade-off is that a good narrator will do accents. There are some British narrators who a great job with the various British accents. The Cork O'Connor narrator isn't all that great with the Minnesota accents, especially the Ojibwe (which is pretty distinctive), but he isn't terrible.

[Mme. Defarge]

8. Live and learn!

[SheltieLover]

3. Not yet, but it's now on my list.

Ty for sharing!

[Mme. Defarge]

6. Something to look forward to!

I may actually start from the beginning after finishing the last one. The great thing about my advanced age is not remembering who done it.

[SheltieLover]

7. Lol

Same here. Makes rereading more fun.

[old guy]

4. Wow! You're almost thru the series.

My next read of his is Copper River.

[Scrivener7]

9. I will now! Thanks!

[Easterncedar]

10. Halfway through Ordinary Grace

Really love it!