Copper River by William Kent Krueger

 

"There was spirit in all things, Cork believed, knowledge in every molecule of creation. Nothing ever went truly unnoticed, from the fall of a single leaf to the death of a child."

           - from the novel

This is the 6th book I have read in the Cork O'Conner series and the 8th novel by this author. Would you say I am a fan?

In Copper River, Cork is in hiding at the home of his cousin, Jewell DuBois and her teenaged son Ren. Jewell is a veterinarian and is treating the gunshot wounds Cork received in the previous novel, Mercy Falls. While Cork is trying to stay a few steps ahead of the hit man hired to kill him, a teenage girl is found dead in the Copper River. Ren and his friends, Charlie and Stash, may have seen the perpetrators and so, could be in danger. 

Soon Charlie's father, a known drunk, is found brutally beaten to death. Charlie has disappeared and, of course, law enforcement searches for her as a suspect, but her best friend Ren and others who know Charlie, are sure she could not have killed him. Suddenly the quiet little town of Bodine, Michigan, has several murders being investigated and Cork, always the lawman, cannot keep from being involved in the investigations with help from private investigator, Dina Willner.

This novel was another page-turner, and I will rate it 5. Looking forward to Book 7, Thunder Bay.