Trickster's Point: A Novel (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series)

ISBN: 1451645678

Author: Krueger, William Kent

Condition: Used

The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork OConnor mystery series-the action never stops when the private detective ends up in the crosshairs of a political assassin.The dying dont easily become the dead.The next novel in William Kent Kruegers New York Times bestselling series finds Cork OConnor sitting in the shadow of a towering monolith known as Tricksters Point, deep in the Minnesota wilderness. With him is Jubal Little, who is favored to become the first Native American elected governor of Minnesota, and who is slowly dying with an arrow through his heart. Although the men have been bowhunting, a long-standing tradition among these two friends, this is no hunting accident. The arrow turns out to be one of Corks, and he becomes the primary suspect in the murder. He understands full well that hes been set up. As he works to clear his name and track the real killer, he remembers his long, complex relationship with the tough kid who would grow up to become a professional football player, a populist politician, and the lover of the first woman to whom Cork ever gave his heart. Jubal was known by many for his passion, his loyalty, and his ambition. Only Cork knows that he was capable of murder.Full of nail-biting suspense, plus a fascinating look into Corks teenage years in Aurora, a town blessed with natural beauty yet plagued by small-town feuds and heated racial tension, Tricksters Point is a thrilling exploration of the motives, both good and ill, that lead men and women into the difficult, sometimes deadly, political arena.