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In the crime-ridden streets of Minnesota, Cork O’Connor becomes a pawn in a volatile clash between the Aurora Anglos and the Ojibwe Reservation’s Red Boyz gang. The situation escalates when the Red Boyz leader and his wife are found murdered, forcing O’Connor to navigate a tangled web of violence, loyalty, and justice.
Facing both urban and reservation dynamics, the private investigator must uncover the truth while confronting the complex realities of gang culture and the fraught cross-cultural tensions that define the region.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: William Kent Krueger
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