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When country‑western star Shiloh vanishes in the Quetico‑Superior Wilderness, her father drives to Aurora, Minnesota, seeking the help of former sheriff Cork O'Connor. Reluctantly, Cork joins a diverse search party of family, a convicted offender, FBI agents, and a young boy. As they navigate unforgiving terrain, they discover that Shiloh’s disappearance is part of a larger conspiracy—and that stranger forces both in the wilderness and in the town of Aurora are willing to kill to keep the truth buried. With winter setting in and connections to an unresolved murder fifteen years old, the stakes rise, turning a hunt for a missing person into a fight for survival.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: William Kent Krueger
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