William Kent Krueger

A Novel

Vermilion Drift

Peggy Walker

This is the tenth in a series about P.I. "Cork" O'Connor. I'm surprised I haven't cone across any of the previous 9, since I like mysteries. I especially enjoyed this book because of the info on iron-ore mining in Minnesota. My grandfather worked on the Mahoning Mine on the Mesabi Range near Hibbing, Minnesota back in the day. I visited that mine and heard stories about the mining operation when I was growing up. I know all about the large number of immigrants there....mostly Scandanavian and Irish (as am I), but heard almost nothing of the Native Americans in the area. Not surprising, I suppose, for that time. It was a good story, although I figured out the killer fairly early on. I do think that the revelations at the end would have been discovered much, much earlier in Cork's life. Some disconnects for me, but overall a good story.

Jan Talkington

Every time that I start a Cork book I think that it will be the one that will be good, but not up to standards. Well - it wasn't this one so I'll just have to keep reading the rest. :)

Vermilion Drift A Novel

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