Book Review: Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

Run for your life!

โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Delores Morriseau shows up in Aurora seeking the assistance of native healers Henry Meloux and Rainy Oโ€™Connor, but now they are all running for their lives from mercenaries in the rugged Boundary Waters of Minnesota. But why is someone after them and who is behind it? Former cop and current PI Cork Oโ€™Conner is chasing after his wife and her companions all while seeking these same answers.

๐Ÿ’ก๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: The book brings up some political and environmental issues of the moment but since thatโ€™s a bit of a spoiler, sorry but Iโ€™m not gonna ruin it! Lolโ€ฆ (but I love that in novels!)

Iโ€™ve read alllll of the โ€œCorkโ€ books and this is a solid installment. My only issue is itโ€™s a little โ€œbeen thereโ€ as far as Cork, the setting, and running from something in the Minnesota wilderness, but itโ€™s also why I enjoy Kruegerโ€™s books so how can I complain? Itโ€™s how Aurora wound up on my bucket list.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜€.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐Ÿ“š๐†๐ž๐ง๐ซ๐ž: Mystery

๐Ÿ˜๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ: I didnโ€™t read the Cork books in order and this one would be fine to read as a stand-alone. All the Cork fans will like this one!

๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ: Canโ€™t think of any one group.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Atria Books for my advanced copy in exchange for my always-honest review and for making me miss the North a little more every day.

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