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After a burdensome career in law enforcement, former officer Cork O'Connor returns to his small Minnesota community with the hope of starting a new life as a private investigator. When an Ojibwe healer asks for his aid in locating a son he fathered years earlier, Cork is pulled into a complex and perilous case. The investigation unfolds against a backdrop of cultural tension and personal redemption, culminating in an attempt on the Ojibwe man's life.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: William Kent Krueger
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