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The latest installment in the Cork O'Connor mystery series continues to weave intricate plots filled with suspense and rich character development. Set against the backdrop of the Northwoods, this novel explores themes of family, loyalty, and the complexities of human nature. Readers can expect a gripping narrative that combines elements of mystery and adventure, showcasing the author's signature storytelling style that has captivated fans in previous works.

"On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn's murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past. Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn's death threatens to expose"--

From the bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike, the latest book in the Cork O' Connor mystery series sends Cork on a thrilling journey deep into the Boundary Waters where the people he loves most are being hunted by ruthless mercenaries.

From the bestselling author of This Tender Land, the latest book in the Cork O' Connor mystery series, a thrilling prequel that takes us back to the early days of Cork's life as he works with his father, a police officer, to solve his first ever murder case

The author of the instant New York Times best seller This Tender Land returns with a powerful prequel to his acclaimed Cork O’Connor series - a book about fathers and sons, long-simmering conflicts in a small Minnesota town, and the events that echo through youth and shape our lives forever.Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to 12-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself.Cork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff, and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right.In this masterful story of a young man and a town on the cusp of change, beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding.

W. K. Krueger : Desolation Mountain - Na prokleté hoře se zřítí letadlo s americkou senátorkou, která měla zásadně zasáhnout do politiky kraje. Indiáni Odžibvejové, především Cork O´Connor a jeho rodina, se pouští do vyšetřování, protože FBI se k případu staví podivně... G. Hendricks a S. Pekkanen : Anonymní dívka - Jessica Farrisová se účastní anonymní studie zaměřené na etiku a morálku. Pomalu však zjistí, že doktorka Shieldsová s ní má velmi zvláštní úmysly... D. Rosenfelt : Uvězněný - Před třemi lety zmizel maličký chlapeček a rodinný pes. Nyní se pes záhadně vrací a nastává horečné hledání - je malý Dylan živ? Advokát Andy Carpenter opět v akci. Ch. Daugherty : Vražda s ozvěnou - Reportérka Harper McClainová se pídí po detailech kriminálních činů. Náhle v jedné vraždě jako by poznávala minulost - dávnou vraždu její matky...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O’Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an en­thralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.

Cork O'Connor has lost both his wife and his job as sheriff and falls into a profound emotional isolation. As a wild blizzard buries his lakeside town, a despised though influential resident is found dead, and a young Ojibwe Indian boy seems to have left home in a hurry. Cork has never taken Indian legends to heart, but when an old sage warns him that a cruel spirit with a heart of ice is near, all that changes

W.K.Krueger, Bouře na poušti - Cork O´Connor nedávno vyženil syna, který se dostal do velice zlé situace. Navíc není k nalezení. Otčím a matka Rainy se za ním vydávají do Arizony... S.B.Crispellová, Čokoládové snění - Penelopa Daltonová a její maminka dokážou vařit kouzelnou čokoládu. Jenom s nemocí malé Elly si nikdo neví rady. M. Palmer, První rodina - Dospívající presidentův syn je nemocný... a navíc se zdá, že ho chce někdo zavraždit! G.Crocker, Poslední výlet - Čtyři přátelé v jihoafrickém domově pro seniory se rozhodnou, že si zbývající čas užijou podle svého a vypraví se na výlet napříč Afrikou.

On the Fourth of July, just as fireworks are about to go off in Aurora, Minnesota, Cork O’Connor and his new bride Rainy Bisonette listen to a desperate voicemail left by Rainy's son, Peter. The message is garbled and full of static, but they hear Peter confess to the murder of someone named Rodriguez. When they try to contact him, they discover that his phone has gone dead.The following morning, Cork and Rainy fly to Coronado County in southern Arizona, where Peter has been working as a counselor in a well-known drug rehab center. When they arrive, they learn that Peter was fired six months earlier and hasn’t been heard from since. So they head to the little desert town of Sulfur Springs where Peter has been receiving his mail. But no one in Sulfur Springs seems to know him. They do, however, recognize the name Rodriguez. Carlos Rodriguez is the head of a cartel that controls everything illegal crossing the border from Mexico into Coronado County.As they gather scraps of information about Peter, Cork and Rainy are warned that there is a war going on along the border. “Trust no one in Coronado County,” is a refrain they hear again and again. And to Cork, Arizona is alien country. The relentless heat and absence of water, tall trees, and cool forests feel nightmarish to him, as does his growing sense that Rainy might know more about what's going on than she's willing to admit. And if he can't trust Rainy, who can he trust?

V publikaci jsou čtyři zkrácené romány: • Vzpomínky na velrybu (John Ironmonger) • Příběh nás dvou (Dani Atkinsová) • Válka v podzemí (Oliver Harris) • Ostrov Windigo (William Kent Krueger)

Includes an excerpt from William Kent Krueger's "This tender land."

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů oddychových žánrů od renomovaných angloamerických autorů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. 1) William Kent Krueger: Nebeská věž Když v nepřístupné oblasti Skalistých hor zmizí malé letadlo, na jehož palubě je kromě indiánské delegace i právnička Jo, zapojí se do pátracích akcí také její manžel Cork. Vše ztěžuje nejen sněhová bouře, ale i podezřelé vztahy v místní indiánské i bílé komunitě. 2) Santa Montefiore: Francouzský zahradník Miranda a David se z Londýna odstěhují do překrásného venkovského domu, ale venkovský život jim nepřipadá tak idylický, jak si představovali. Objeví se však neznámý Francouz, který se nechá najmout za zahradníka a se zahradami jako by křísil k životu i obyvatele domu. 3) Robert Crais: Temnota Losangeleský soukromý detektiv Elvis Cole se ocitl v nepříjemné pozici. Před několika lety přispěl svými důkazy k osvobození člověka podezřelého z vraždy prostitutky, ovšem nynější důkazy nasvědčují tomu, že propustili skutečného vraha, který posléze neváhal vraždit dál … 4) Kevin Alan Milne: Devět lekcí golfu Golf je život a život je golf. Otec Augusta Wittea to tvrdil vždycky a August ho za to nenáviděl. Ale teď se má sám stát otcem a na novou roli se ani trochu necítí. Je vůbec možné, aby mu cenné rodičovské rady dal muž, kterého tolik let považoval za nejhoršího otce na světě?

You can’t keep Cork down, and in the next riveting novel in William Kent Krueger’s award-winning mystery series, Cork O’Connor again rises to the top as he investigates the disappearance of his beloved wife. When a charter plane carrying Cork O’Connor’s wife, Jo, goes missing in a snowstorm over the Wyoming Rockies, Cork must accept the terrible truth that his wife is gone forever. But is she? In Heaven’s Keep, celebrated author William Kent Krueger puts his intrepid hero through the most harrowing mission of his life. After many days filled with grief, two women show up at Cork’s doorstep with evidence that the pilot of Jo’s plane was not the man he claimed to be. It may not be definitive proof, but it’s a ray of light in the darkness surrounding Cork’s loss. Agreeing to investigate, he travels to Wyoming where he battles the interference of forces determined to throw Cork off the trail—permanently. At the center of all the danger and deception lies the possibility that Jo is not really dead and that, somewhere along the labyrinthine path of his search, Cork will find her alive and waiting for him. With deft plotting and writing that satisfies as much as it thrills, Heaven’s Keep gives readers an adventure not soon forgotten.

Krueger's hero is running from professional hit men and he stumbles upon a murderous conspiracy involving teenage runaways.

Leaving behind a stressful law enforcement career to become a private investigator in his small Minnesota hometown, Cork O'Connor is asked by an Ojibwe healer to help him find the son the man fathered years earlier, a case that culminates in an attempt on the Ojibwe's life.

"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. His target is the Red Boyz, a gang of Ojibwe youths accused of supplying the girl's fatal drug dose. When the head of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered in a way that suggests execution, the Ojibwe gang mobilizes, and the citizens of Tamarack County brace themselves for war, white against red. Both sides look to Cork O'Connor, a man of mixed heritage, to uncover the truth behind the murders. A former sheriff, Cork has lived, fought, and nearly died to keep the small-town streets and his family safe from harm. He knows that violence is never a virtue, but he believes that it's sometimes a necessary response to the evil that men do. Racing to find answers before the bloodshed spreads, Cork himself becomes involved in the darkest of deeds. As the unspeakable unfolds in the remote and beautiful place he calls home, Cork is forced to confront the horrific truth: Violence is a beast that cannot be contained. In Red Knife, Krueger gives his readers a vivid picture of racial conflict in small-town America, as well as a sensitive look at the secrets we keep from even those closest to us and the destructive nature of all that is left unsaid between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and lovers"--Goodreads.com

Druhý román krimisérie s detektivem Corkem O'Connorem. V americko-kanadských pohraničních lesích se hledá zmizelá mladá žena. Kdesi v divočině na kanadsko-amerických hranicích zmizela mladá zpěvačka jménem Shiloh. Její otec se vydává do Minnesoty, kde najme bývalého šerifa Corka O'Connora, aby mu pomohl dceru najít. Cork se přidává k pátrací skupině, kterou tvoří indián z místní rezervace, jeho desetiletý syn a dva agenti FBI. Ženě jsou na stopě i další muži, ti ji však mají za úkol nejen najít, ale také zabít. Corkova expedice ztrácí v třeskuté zimě kontakt s civilizací a kromě nelítostných poryvů větru ji pronásleduje - smrt. Nakladatelská anotace.

Includes excerpt of Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger (p.[435-443]).

Blood Hollow immerses readers in an eerie mystery surrounding a racially charged murder in small-town Minnesota.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů od světových autorů, doplněné stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. První příběh se odehrává v luxusní čtvrti Los Angeles, kde je nalezen muž s prostřelenou lebkou. Ukáže se, že šlo o lékaře-fyzika s přístupem k radioaktivním látkám. Policie, vedená detektivem Harrym Boschem, se snaží zjistit, zda je za vraždou teroristická hrozba, a musí jednat rychle, aby ochránila město. Druhý příběh sleduje devatenáctiletou Ruby, která skrývá svou vnitřní nejistotu pod tvrdým zevnějškem, a její osmdesátidvouletou babičku Iris, jež je stále sebevědomou ženou. Obě sdílejí vzpomínky na vášnivou lásku Iris s kapitánem Xanem Molyneuxem, která ovlivnila jejich rodiny během druhé světové války. Třetí příběh se zaměřuje na Cynthii Archerovou, která jako čtrnáctiletá přišla o celou rodinu. Po dvaceti pěti letech se začínají dít podivné věci, když místní televize vysílá pořad o jejím zmizení. Cynthia se snaží zjistit pravdu o tom, co se tenkrát stalo. Čtvrtý příběh sleduje šamana Henryho Melouxe, který, vážně nemocný, žádá bývalého šerifa Corka O’Connora o pomoc při hledání syna, kterého nikdy neviděl. Na cestě do Kanady se oba muži dostávají do nebezpečí, kdy se minulost střetává s přítomností a na březích Ohnivého jezera se rozhoří žárlivost a pomsta.

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. His target is the Red Boyz, a gang of Ojibwe youths accused of supplying the girl's fatal drug dose. When the head of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered in a way that suggests execution, the Ojibwe gang mobilizes, and the citizens of Tamarack County brace themselves for war, white against red. Both sides look to Cork O'Connor, a man of mixed heritage, to uncover the truth behind the murders. A former sheriff, Cork has lived, fought, and nearly died to keep the small-town streets and his family safe from harm. He knows that violence is never a virtue, but he believes that it's sometimes a necessary response to the evil that men do. Racing to find answers before the bloodshed spreads, Cork himself becomes involved in the darkest of deeds. As the unspeakable unfolds in the remote and beautiful place he calls home, Cork is forced to confront the horrific truth: Violence is a beast that cannot be contained.

Desperately avoiding the clutches of professional hit men who have already put a bullet in his leg, Cork finds sanctuary outside the small Michigan town of Bodine. But while he's hiding out in an old resort owned by his cousin Jewell DuBois, a bitter widow with a fourteen-year-old son named Ren, the body of a young girl surfaces along the banks of the Copper River -- and then another teenager vanishes. Instead of thwarting his assassins, Cork focuses on tracking a ring of killers who prey on innocent children -- before anyone else falls victim. But as his deadly followers close in, Cork realizes he's made an error any good man might make -- and it may be his last.

In this follow-up to Blood Hollow, Tamarack County Sheriff Corcoran O'Connor investigates the high-profile murder of a powerful Chicago businessman. When he's then targeted by a sniper, O'Connor must move through a maze of murder, adultery, and deceit.

První díl legendární detektivní série od oceňovaného amerického autora Bývalý šerif Cork O´Connor je na dně. Kvůli nespravedlivému obvinění přišel o práci a také jeho osobní život je v troskách. Bezcílně ubíjí čas v zapadlém městečku v Minnesotě a je si jistý, že už ho nic nevytrhne z letargie. To se ale změní s nalezením mrtvoly místního soudce a zmizením chlapce z blízké indiánské rezervace. Co mají oba případy společného? Cork se pouští do pátrání a dávní duchové k němu začínají promlouvat znepokojivými hlasy…