I borrowed the audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: January 1, 2009
Summary:
Intrepid hero Cork O’Connor faces the most harrowing mission of his life when a charter plane carrying his wife, Jo, goes missing in a snowstorm over the Wyoming Rockies.
Months after the tragedy, two women show up on Cork’s doorstep with evidence that the pilot of Jo’s plane was not the man he claimed to be. It may not be definitive proof, but it’s a ray of light in the darkness. Agreeing to investigate, Cork travels to Wyoming, where he battles the interference of local law enforcement who may be on the take, the open hostility of the Northern Arapaho, who have much to lose if the truth is known, and the continuing attempts on his life by assassins who shadow his every move. At the center of all the danger and deception lies the possibility that Jo’s disappearance was not the end of her, that somewhere along the labyrinthine path of his search, maybe even in the broad shadow of Heaven’s Keep itself, Cork will find her alive and waiting for him.
My thoughts:
This is the 9th book in William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor’s book and probably the most emotionally devasting one to-date. This story was just gut-wrenching in every way possible, but being the masterful storyteller he is, I was completely wrapped up how the characters deal with all that transpired, especially Cork O’Connor. True to his character, he stays the course, doing all you would expect him to do in light of what has happened, allowing his ties to the Ojibwe Native American culture to guide him when necessary.
I am quite eager to see how this series moves on from here.
Audio thoughts:
David Chandler narrated this, the same narrator we’ve had all along, and I’m so glad. As difficult as this book was, having the consistency of David Chandler there to voice the characters was the balm I needed.
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