02987cam a2200481 i 4500 1281586951 MeVbMML 20231003132705.0 211031t20222022nyu e 000 1 eng d 9781982128715 1982128712 (OCoLC)1281586951 (OCoLC)1281141615 (OCoLC)1281243861 AJM n-us-mn 813/.54 23/eng/20220719 K95161 .f Krueger, William Kent, author 9111 Fox Creek : a novel / William Kent Krueger First Atria books hardcover edition New York : Atria Books, 2022 ©2022 x, 388 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Series information and numbering from GoodReads.com The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork O'Connor Mystery Series follows Cork in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O'Connor's wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century. On the last journey he may ever take into this beloved land, Meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries who follow. Meanwhile, in Aurora, Cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for their relentless pursuit, but he has little to go on. Desperate, Cork begins tracking the killers but his own skills as a hunter are severely tested by nightfall and a late season snowstorm. He knows only too well that with each passing hour time is running out. But his fiercest enemy in this deadly game of cat and mouse may well be his own deep self-doubt about his ability to save those he loves BPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund. O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character) Fiction 14352 Private investigators Minnesota Fiction 14353 Ojibwa Indians Fiction 14354 Soldiers of fortune Fiction 14355 Married people Fiction 6071 Indian healers Fiction 14356 Hunters Fiction 6494 Minnesota Fiction 9114 Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft 486 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft 485 Novels. lcgft 50 Krueger, William Kent. Cork O'Connor mystery ; bk. 19 14357 .b17506359x ddc BOOK 29031 29031 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2023-10-03 28.00 6 1 KRUE 64537 2024-06-04 2024-05-29 2023-10-03 BOOK 1