Reviewed by Stephen Terrell
I'm a fan of the Cork O'Connor mystery series, and Northwest Angle is no exception. This eleventh book in the series starts with a derecho -- a horrific storm of straight line winds that occasionally sweeps across the prairies. In this case, it sweeps across Lake of the Woods on the US / Canada border, scattering the O'Connor family that is vacationing on the lake. When Cork's daughter Jenny finds herself on one of the thousands of islands in the Lake, she discovers a young woman's body and not far away an infant hidden in a covered hole.
The discovery kicks off the mystery that includes the infant, a mysterious Indian smuggler, a blind Indian wiseman, a reclusive religious group and a cast of quirky characters found on this isolated area that is the northernmost point of the contiguous 48 states.
As with all of William Kent Krueger's books, it is well written, well paced, filled with tension and plot twists. The characters digress into discussions of religion and philosophy a little too much for my taste, and there is one death that seems a bit out of character and more of a plot point to simply the ending. But this is well worth picking up for a cozy ready on a brisk fall evening.
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