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Lightning strike : a novel / William Kent Krueger.

Summary:

"Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota's Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O'Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork's father, Liam O'Connor, is Aurora's sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man's death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father's official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In this masterful story of a young man and a town on the cusp of change, beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding." -- Dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1982128682
  • ISBN: 9781982128685
  • ISBN: 9781982187231
  • ISBN: 9781982128692
  • Physical Description: x, 385 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publish date and paging may vary.
Subject: O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character) > Childhood and youth > Fiction.
Private investigators > Minnesota > Fiction.
Preteens > Minnesota > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Sheriffs > Minnesota > Fiction.
Suicide > Fiction.
Homicide investigation > Fiction.
Minnesota > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 62 of 68 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 68 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Festus Public Library Fic Krueger (Text) 32017000082248 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: "Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota's Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O'Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork's father, Liam O'Connor, is Aurora's sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man's death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father's official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In this masterful story of a young man and a town on the cusp of change, beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding." --

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