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    Boundary Waters
    Boundary Waters
    Boundary Waters
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    Boundary Waters

    Written by William Kent Krueger

    Narrated by David Chandler

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    Drawing strong comparisons to the work of James Lee Burke and Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries never fail to please fans. Here Cork joins the search for a country-western singer who has disappeared in the wilderness along the American/Canadian border. "Krueger's writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank."-Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 14, 2010
    ISBN9781449808815
    Author

    William Kent Krueger

    William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace (winner of the Edgar Award for best novel), and the original audio novella The Levee, as well as nineteen acclaimed books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Lightning Strike and Fox Creek. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Learn more at WilliamKentKrueger.com.

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    • 4/5
      This is such a good series! I love the characters, the Native American culture, and the gorgeous northwoods setting. This second book is even better than the first. Which were the good guys and which were the bad? I couldn't tell, and was completely surprised when the culprit was revealed. It was an interesting and fun read. On to the next one soon!
    • 4/5
      There are a lot of people involved in this story, some of them downright unbelievable. Along the way we learn more about the Ojibwe ways -- makes the series a lot like New Mexico's Hillerman. As the plot wends it's way through the Boundary Waters wilderness, I wish that i had been there to enjoy the places much more. Oh well, on to #3 in the series.
    • 5/5
      The writing pulled me in and kept me reading. Magnificent series!
    • 5/5
      I recently discovered this author and series. I am hooked! These books speak to my soul. They have just the right amount of mystery and drama for me! I can’t put them down!!
    • 4/5
      Another solid book about Cork O'Connor solving mysteries in the North Country. This is the second in the series, and I enjoyed the first enough to shell out $12 for this ebook. I like the series and I like the characters in the books. I have to say that I enjoyed the first book more because it seemed that the characters had actual flaws. This time around, the personal issues of the characters in the first book seem to either be cured or diminished. However, it was a fast-paced story and I am hooked for the series.
    • 4/5
      I really like the flawed character of Cork O'Connor. The stories are told in such a way that I can envision the beauty of the land, the challenges of the native people, and the relationships of the characters. When finished, and I can't wait to listen to the next audiobook. It's something my husband enjoys as much as I do!
    • 4/5
      Boundary Waters' by William Kent Krueger has a fast moving plot with enough suspense to keep even the most jaded action novel enthusiast turning the pages. The cultural Ashinaabe references to native american Ojibwe culture add clues to characters' values and mode of interacting with the Bounary Waters in the Quetico-Superior wilderness as they try to elude determined killers. Alternate factions try to out-manoever each other in the small town of Aurora, MN where they start their voyage out to the wilderness to keep mastery over, or silence, the voices of the people they pursue.
    • 4/5
      Pretty good for taking a break from heavier books. Cork O’Connor is a good guy!
    • 4/5
      A well paced and enjoyable read. Continues the story of a former sherif, his family, his tribe, and an assortment of “bad guys”. The plot is not overly complex but draws the reader in. I especially like the elements of nature and native culture that are woven into the tale. I plan on reading more in this series.
    • 4/5
      I am hooked on this series and the character Cork O’Connor. Everything and everyone is so real. Krueger weaves murder into the Minnesota wilderness while teaching the reader about the Native American Anishinaabe. Their storytelling tradition is given the importance it deserves and adds much to the narrative. The descriptions are amazingly perfect and while the dialogue is sometimes brash it is dead on:“He told Meloux things became clearer to him when he ran. But the way the situation stood now, he could run all the way to the f...*g moon and everything would still be a mess.” I got it.I have #3, Purgatory Ridge, coming next and I can’t wait until the library calls that it is ready. To be picked up.
    • 4/5
      Liked this book even more than the first one in the series
    • 5/5
      Shiloh is a country music singer who is purposely missing in the Boundary Waters of the Quetico-Superior Wilderness on the Minnesota/Canadian border. Cork O'Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota who has been convinced to help search for her. He doesn't know Shiloh but he had a schoolboy crush on her mother many years ago. In addition to Cork the search party includes two FBI agents, ex-con Stormy Two Knives and his son Lewis, and Shiloh's father, 1CArkansas Willie 1D Raye.

      Two evil men are also searching for Shiloh with plans to kill her. After witnessing her mother 19s murder many years ago, Shiloh got amnesia but may now be regaining her memory of that event.

      This is an outstanding wilderness mystery with an action packed plot. The author does a wonderful job evoking the bitter cold and majestic beauty of the wilderness. He maintains suspense and weaves together native American culture in a totally mesmerizing way. Characters are rich and multifaceted. I definitely plan to read the rest of the series and have already picked up book 3, Purgatory Ridge. I am absolutely confident I 19ll read the rest of this enjoyable series during 2014.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the Cork O'Connor series. I absolutely love this series. Cork is a wonderful protagonist. Cork joins in a hunt for a young country and western singer by the name of Shiloh who has been living in the middle of the Quetico Wilderness for a few months There is reason to believe she's in grave danger. It's a dangerous part of the wilderness and Cork doesn't know who to believe or trust even within the group of people he is trekking with. Cork's familiarity with the land and his survival skills help him on this dangerous journey. I love the native lore that is part of every book and I love Kreuger's characterizations. The book has heart-stopping action from beginning to end. Kreuger's descriptions of the country that Cork is travelling through are breathtaking. There are some really bad guys in the book too. Kreuger does villains like no one else. I can't wait to read the next in the series.
    • 4/5
      Cory is separated from his wife Jo. They have 3 children, teenage daughters Jenny and Anne, also a young son, Steve. Jo's sister Rose lives with the family. Cork is living and working at his hamburger joint.I was touched by the story Lewis told near the end
    • 5/5
      This is the second in the Cork O'Connor series. O'Connor is a half-Anishinaabe, half-Irish former sheriff of a small town in Minnesota. This one is breathlessly exciting. If you've never read this excellent series, you might start with the first book, Iron Lake, which establishes the backstory, and is a very good read.
    • 4/5
      was a pretty good read
    • 4/5
      lots of adventure...#2 series
    • 4/5
      Shiloh, a celebrity country singer, is missing after a month's stay in a secret and remote part of the wilderness called the Boundary Waters. The search parties are not all benign and want to ensure that Shiloh stays missing permanently. The hunt is fast, furious and not for the faint of heart. The casualty rate is high and the injuries are many. Meanwhile, Shiloh is doing her own level best to get to civilization in one piece. The wait on the home front is agonizing as the body count rises.

      The Ojibwa Native Americans. They are known for their story telling abilities, and The author shares a few fascinating tales. Cork O'Connor, is a troubled, but satisfyingly invincible man. William Kent Krueger has written another compelling novel, rich with the Indian history and a number of plot twists.
    • 5/5
      I listened to this 2nd book in the Cork O'Connor series on audio, and I enjoyed it as much as the first one. Shiloh is a missing country artist with Anishinaabeg heritage. Together with her father and some FBI agents, Cork heads to the Boundary Waters to find her, but nothing is as it seems in this mystery. Once again, place is a strong character in this book, and this series is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the series featuring Corcoran (“Cork”) O’Conner, the part-Irish, part-Anishinaabe Indian ex-sheriff of the small town of Aurora, Minnesota. While no longer serving in law enforcement, Cork keeps getting involved in what goes wrong in Aurora; he served as sheriff for over seven years, and it hard for him to sit out on the sidelines. In addition, the current sheriff, Wally Schanno, keeps calling on Cork for his help.As this story begins, Cork, in his early forties and still separated from his wife Jo, is called upon once again by Wally to help with a search-party for a missing young woman named Shiloh. Shiloh is a country western singer and the daughter of Marais Grand, a cousin of Cork’s. Shiloh’s father, Willy Raye has also come to Cork looking for help. Cork knows the Boundary Waters pretty well, so all of them are eager for his help. But as Cork and his group make their way through the Boundary Waters, it is clear they aren’t alone out there, and some other person or persons is not only also racing to find Shiloh, but to kill anyone else who might find her first. But why? Who these people are and why they want this young woman are all part of the mystery.Evaluation: There is a great deal of suspense in this book, as well as much interesting background about the beliefs and practices of the Anishinaabeg (plural form of Anishinaabe, the Native American term for the Algonquin family of people). It’s a very readable series.
    • 4/5
      Former sheriff Cork O'Connor is asked by the step-father of a country singer to help locate her in an area known as the Boundary Waters. A group of individuals, mostly persons associated with the investigation into her mother's death, and another group of individuals with mafia ties is also looking for the girl. The girl, having been led to a cabin by one of the Ojibwe in the area, is concerned when he does not return with her food and lead her out. She begins the journey on her own and encounters a man who lets her know he aims to kill her. With Cork and the 3 parties, the girl running from the man who intends to harm her, and the death count on the rise, will the side of good win? This is a real page turner which would make an excellent movie or television episode.
    • 5/5
      About ten months after the events in Iron Lake, Cork O'Connor is asked by an old acquaintance to look into the disappearance of his daughter, Shiloh. The singer had witnessed, as a child, her mother's death and had since had a successful career but messed up personal life, even attempting suicide. Now, no one knows where she is but there sure are a lot of people trying to find her, and at least one of them is intent on her not being found alive...The atmospheric, haunting sense of place kept me up reading this book as fast as I could. I criticized the first book for having plot swings that made me feel strung along, but this one had a great blend of character development, pacing, and strong sense of place. The details about Ojibwe culture and storytelling add interest and depth to the mystery as well. Though the second in a series, a reader could easily pick this book up first and follow without losing most of the relationships between characters that I'm sure continue to change as the series go on. I'm really looking forward to reading the next book soon.
    • 4/5
      Cork O'Connor is hired to locate a famous young singer with family ties to his rural Minnesota community. It's her stepfather who hires him, but a mob boss believes he's her biological father, and then so does a California politician. Cork is racing against a very skilled and sociopathic hit man who leaves bodies in his wake, and they're all racing against the weather.
    • 4/5
      Who, are the bad guys? Former sheriff Cork O'Connor needs to sort among the FBI, some Maria types and some anonymous killers to protect the disappeared daughter of a local legend. Story evolves nicely with local characters rounding into real people, particularly with his effective blending of Anishinaabe cultural aspects into his tale of the hunt for Shiloh in the boundary waters of Minnesotsa
    • 3/5
      This is the second book in a series set in Northern Minnesota. It weaves together the mob, the local Anishinaabe tribe, a famous folk singer, and the oncoming winter in unpopulated forest lands. Quite an adventure.
    • 4/5
      Everyone's looking for Shiloh, a country singer with some Anishinabe roots who's been taking some time for reflection in the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota. The only man who knows where she is has disappeared. Her estranged father wants to hire ex-sheriff Cork O'Connor to look for her. Two other powerful men claiming to be Shiloh's biological father have also come to Iron Lake; one is mob-connected, the other has men he says are FBI agents. Shiloh's mother, a childhood friend of O'Connor's, was murdered many years ago and some people hope -- or fear -- that therapy has helped Shiloh recall that event and that she can identify her mother's killer.Cork ends up on a wilderness expedition with Shiloh's official father, Anishinabe Stormy and his ten-year-old son Louis, and two of the supposed FBI men. Meanwhile, Cork's wife Jo, (it's complicated) is back in Iron Lake trying to investigate the conflicting tales told by a mobster and the FBI man who have both come to town in search of Shiloh.Just when you think you have it figured out, Krueger gets you lost in the woods again. The setting is described with love, and the characters are nuanced and anything but stereotypes. Cork O'Connor is a strong protagonist. I look forward to reading or listening to the rest of this excellent series. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      I like this series, although at times it can be a little more violent that I'm comfortable with. It's not over the top violence and it doesn't fall into the "over the top" violent field so I can deal with it. I also am listening to this series rather than reading it, so it's not as easy to "skim over" the violence, which I often do when reading.

      This time Cork is heading into the part of northern Minnesota known as the boundary waters. He's going with a bunch of people and they are all looking for a famous country singer who was taken there (at her request) by a Native American who is now missing. With winter approaching fast, they need to get Shiloh out before she's stranded for the winter.

      The sub-plot for this is that someone is trying to kill Shiloh, and people are dying all over the boundary waters during the hunt.

      I did figure out the "who" part of the mystery but didn't see the "why" coming, Krueger did a good job of mis-direction on that, at least for me.

      I'm still not a big fan of Cork's wife, Jo, but was a little more inclined to give her the benefit of a doubt in this story than in Iron Lake, where I disliked her intensely! All in all it was a more realistic relationship between the two than in the first book - at least for me.

      I'll be going on in this series, but might take a break and go read a nice cozy - just to get away from some of the violence.
    • 3/5
      A bit too many twists and turns, but still good enough to keep me marching on with reading this series. It was difficult to follow in a couple places since I'm not a kayak/canoe/cabin in the woods/thousands of rivers and lakes person. The characters were well drawn, the plot was quite suspenseful. All in all worth the time.
    • 5/5
      This is another riveting mystery by William Kent Kruegar. This story involves many people who are looking for a young woman named Shiloh. She has chosen the wilderness to try and find herself, but there are people who mean to do her grave harm. The search for her involves many challenges, twists and turns. Mystery lovers--this is a must read.
    • 4/5
      The second in his Cork O’Connor series, Boundary Waters by William Ken Krueger is a worthy successor. First off, survival books are among some of my favourites, so the fact that a big part of this book was about canoeing over lakes, portaging along forest trails and camping out in the wilderness only heightened my enjoyment of the book.Shiloh, a country music star, looking for complete isolation, is guided to a cabin deep in the Boundary Waters territory of upper Minnesota. When she is ready to return, her guide is nowhere to be found. Eventually she decides to try and make it out on her own. Meanwhile, Cork O’Connor meets her father who has come looking for her and agrees to help him. Suddenly both the FBI and a well know mobster show up also trying to locate Shiloh and added to the mix is a mysterious shadow group who appear to also be on the hunt. As a child, Shiloh, witnessed the murder of her mother and from cryptic letters she has written, the theory is that she has remembered that night.Suddenly the beautiful north country woods are teeming with all these different parties, some trying to rescue her, some trying to harm her. Cork O’Connor knows he is a good guy, but who can he trust?There are a few plot devices that I found over the top, such as mysterious wolves that seem to appear just when needed, but overall this was a very exciting read about a search-and-rescue mission in this beautiful wilderness area.