Lightning Strike

Cork O'Connor Mysteries, Book 18

By: William Kent Krueger

Narrated by: David Chandler

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.

©2021 William Kent Krueger (P)2021 Recorded Books Inc.

I lived every moment of the story.

it was a very real story. I laughed, I cried, I held my breath with tension. good good story

great, great book!

Loved every minute of it! Absolutely mesmerizing - explained so much about Cork's early life!

Another Wonderful Novel!

He did it again. This, too, is a terrific novel, part of the mystery series. It begins with Cork as a 13 year old, however and gives us the backstory about his childhood and father. The characters are well developed, the plot excellent. it's not formulaic. I loved it.

Compelling

I greatly enjoyed this novel and highly recommend. warm, realistic characters, even if philosophies and behaviors are a throwback to a kindler gentler time with both the whole country and especially children. I have to wonder if such a community exists in that location today. if so I would have liked to retire there.

Continuing a great series

Perhaps one of the best in the series. The last chapters are quite wonderful and instructive.

Excellent book in this series!

Loved it. The back story makes sense, as to who Cork is now. So fun! I wish they would make some movies or a series for tv.

How the characters were formed.

It is always sad when the characters in a series age and the series looses that sparkle. Lightning Strike brought them back! Would love more "flashbacks" like this.

Cork Must Grow Up

I was Cork’s age in the 1960s. I appreciated the mention of the culture of those days. Kool Ade, waxed paper. Nehi sodas, station wagon, and more. These things made the story come alive for me. I’ve read several of the books in this series and love them all. This one is special because I learned of the background of all the characters.

Reading for second time

Loved this book. I have read all Mr. Krueger as' books. Wonderful narrator. well developed characters. Literature at its best

Love Kent's Books.

I have all of Kent Krueger's books. One of my favorite author. Extremely well done.