I won’t tell too much of his story, but he spent a lot of time on the streets, on his own and with a core group of friends in like situations, guys he considered family. He’s the son of a single mother, a woman who required taking care of rather than someone who took care of him. He’s a solid character, a man of integrity.

Paul, Minnesota, after her father is seriously injured in a tractor accident.Īs I got further and further into the story, I found myself wondering why Krueger never continued with Bo Thorsen as a series. This political thriller is a standalone featuring a Secret Service agent, Bo Thorsen, who is initially assigned to protecting the First Lady when she returns to her family home near St. The Devil's Bed is one of William Kent Krueger’s early books, published in 2003, when he had published only three of his more famous Cork O’Connor series novels. 'Windigo Island,' number fourteen in his Cork O’Connor series, was released in August 2014. 'Ordinary Grace,' his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published in that year. His last five novels were all New York Times bestsellers. His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage-part Irish and part Ojibwe. Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is an attorney. He currently makes his living as a full-time author.

After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University-before being kicked out for radical activities.

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