"May you learn the lesson in each leaf and rock. May you gain the strength and wisdom, not to be superior to your brother, but to be able to fight your greatest enemy, yourself. And may you be ready to come before Kitchimandidoo with clean hands and a straight eye."
-Henry Meloux, an Ojibwe prayer for Stephen O'Connor
This is the ninth of the Cork O'Connor series and the former sheriff, now private investigator, has one of his biggest and most emotional challenges ever.
When the charter plane carrying Cork's wife, Jo, and several others disappears in a snowstorm in the Wyoming Rockies, extensive searches fail to find the wreckage and all passengers are assumed dead. Cork is devastated at losing the love of his life.
Six months later, two women come to Cork with the claim that the pilot blamed for the disaster was NOT the man everyone thought. Cork's decision to investigate necessitates a trip to Wyoming where he faces uncooperative law enforcement, suspicious local natives and even attempts on his life. In the course of his detective work, he finds hints that Jo may have survived the crash and, of course, this vague hope fuels his drive to find her.
This was another page-turner by Willliam Kent Krueger. I rate it a 5. I am now halfway through the series and looking forward to #10, Vermilion Drift.
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