Wendy H. (donkeycheese) -
Helpful Score: 1
Vermilion Drift is the tenth book in the Cork Minnesota series. This is my first book by Mr. Krueger, but really didn't have that much difficulty coming into the series.
PI Cork O'Connor is hired by a mining heir to locate his daughter. She's been missing before but something feels off this time. Cork starts his investigation at her art retreat, but there's some serious upheaval going on at the Vermilion One Mine; the government is considering it for long-term nuclear storage.
Then, Cork has dreams about his dad, trying to save him but instead pushing him to his death. So when Cork stumbles upon several skeletal remains in the Vermilion, it brings more memories rushing back. He thinks they may be connected to an unsolved case his dad handled when he was the sheriff.
The reader is taken back to the old case with Cork and his dad, then brought back into the present day with Cork and his current investigation. How the two cases overlap I'll leave for you to read. The Vermilion Drift can be read as a standalone novel, but I think I would have gotten more out of it reading the previous books. I was a bit out of the loop with Cork and his nightmares and I think I would have understood it better at least reading book nine, Heaven's Keep. Mystery and thriller fans will want to snatch this one up and Krueger fans will devour it. Another series I now have to go back and read! Great writing and plot twisting, leaving you turning the pages to see what is around the corner!!
PI Cork O'Connor is hired by a mining heir to locate his daughter. She's been missing before but something feels off this time. Cork starts his investigation at her art retreat, but there's some serious upheaval going on at the Vermilion One Mine; the government is considering it for long-term nuclear storage.
Then, Cork has dreams about his dad, trying to save him but instead pushing him to his death. So when Cork stumbles upon several skeletal remains in the Vermilion, it brings more memories rushing back. He thinks they may be connected to an unsolved case his dad handled when he was the sheriff.
The reader is taken back to the old case with Cork and his dad, then brought back into the present day with Cork and his current investigation. How the two cases overlap I'll leave for you to read. The Vermilion Drift can be read as a standalone novel, but I think I would have gotten more out of it reading the previous books. I was a bit out of the loop with Cork and his nightmares and I think I would have understood it better at least reading book nine, Heaven's Keep. Mystery and thriller fans will want to snatch this one up and Krueger fans will devour it. Another series I now have to go back and read! Great writing and plot twisting, leaving you turning the pages to see what is around the corner!!
Wendy H. (donkeycheese) -
Vermilion Drift is the tenth book in the Cork Minnesota series. This is my first book by Mr. Krueger, but really didn't have that much difficulty coming into the series.
PI Cork O'Connor is hired by a mining heir to locate his daughter. She's been missing before but something feels off this time. Cork starts his investigation at her art retreat, but there's some serious upheaval going on at the Vermilion One Mine; the government is considering it for long-term nuclear storage.
Then, Cork has dreams about his dad, trying to save him but instead pushing him to his death. So when Cork stumbles upon several skeletal remains in the Vermilion, it brings more memories rushing back. He thinks they may be connected to an unsolved case his dad handled when he was the sheriff.
The reader is taken back to the old case with Cork and his dad, then brought back into the present day with Cork and his current investigation. How the two cases overlap I'll leave for you to read. The Vermilion Drift can be read as a standalone novel, but I think I would have gotten more out of it reading the previous books. I was a bit out of the loop with Cork and his nightmares and I think I would have understood it better at least reading book nine, Heaven's Keep. Mystery and thriller fans will want to snatch this one up and Krueger fans will devour it. Another series I now have to go back and read! Great writing and plot twisting, leaving you turning the pages to see what is around the corner!!
PI Cork O'Connor is hired by a mining heir to locate his daughter. She's been missing before but something feels off this time. Cork starts his investigation at her art retreat, but there's some serious upheaval going on at the Vermilion One Mine; the government is considering it for long-term nuclear storage.
Then, Cork has dreams about his dad, trying to save him but instead pushing him to his death. So when Cork stumbles upon several skeletal remains in the Vermilion, it brings more memories rushing back. He thinks they may be connected to an unsolved case his dad handled when he was the sheriff.
The reader is taken back to the old case with Cork and his dad, then brought back into the present day with Cork and his current investigation. How the two cases overlap I'll leave for you to read. The Vermilion Drift can be read as a standalone novel, but I think I would have gotten more out of it reading the previous books. I was a bit out of the loop with Cork and his nightmares and I think I would have understood it better at least reading book nine, Heaven's Keep. Mystery and thriller fans will want to snatch this one up and Krueger fans will devour it. Another series I now have to go back and read! Great writing and plot twisting, leaving you turning the pages to see what is around the corner!!
I have kept up with the Cork O'Connor series and this is the first one that did not hold my interest.
It starts slow and it stays slow, then slower, with each and every page giving all kinds of descriptions from all the past books, I just didn't find the storyline in this one at all very interesting and actually found myself drifting off in another world it just couldn't hold my interest, maybe the next one will.
It starts slow and it stays slow, then slower, with each and every page giving all kinds of descriptions from all the past books, I just didn't find the storyline in this one at all very interesting and actually found myself drifting off in another world it just couldn't hold my interest, maybe the next one will.
Eadie B. (eadieburke) -
Book Description
Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's death.
William Kent Krueger's gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift.
When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in Tamarack County, Minnesota, and Cork is hired as a security consultant.
Deep in the mine during his first day on the job, Cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. Five appear to be nearly half a century old--connected to what the media once dubbed "The Vanishings," a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when Cork's father was sheriff in Tamarack County. But the sixth has been dead less than a week. What's worse, two of the bodies--including the most recent victim--were killed using Cork's own gun, one handed down to him from his father.
As Cork searches for answers, he must dig into his own past and that of his father, a well-respected man who harbored a ghastly truth. Time is running out, however. New threats surface, and unless Cork can unravel the tangled thread of clues quickly, more death is sure to come.
Vermilion Drift is a powerful novel, filled with all the mystery and suspense for which Krueger has won so many awards. A poignant portrayal of the complexities of family life, it's also a sobering reminder that even those closest to our hearts can house the darkest--and deadliest--of secrets.
My Review
William Kent Krueger is the best storyteller ever. All of his books are so engaging and full of surprises. This book has a touch of the supernatural which makes the story even more intriguing. The characters are well developed and you can feel their emotions. It was another definite page turner and the ending did not disappoint but left me wanting more. I will be reading the next in the series very soon.
Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's death.
William Kent Krueger's gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift.
When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in Tamarack County, Minnesota, and Cork is hired as a security consultant.
Deep in the mine during his first day on the job, Cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. Five appear to be nearly half a century old--connected to what the media once dubbed "The Vanishings," a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when Cork's father was sheriff in Tamarack County. But the sixth has been dead less than a week. What's worse, two of the bodies--including the most recent victim--were killed using Cork's own gun, one handed down to him from his father.
As Cork searches for answers, he must dig into his own past and that of his father, a well-respected man who harbored a ghastly truth. Time is running out, however. New threats surface, and unless Cork can unravel the tangled thread of clues quickly, more death is sure to come.
Vermilion Drift is a powerful novel, filled with all the mystery and suspense for which Krueger has won so many awards. A poignant portrayal of the complexities of family life, it's also a sobering reminder that even those closest to our hearts can house the darkest--and deadliest--of secrets.
My Review
William Kent Krueger is the best storyteller ever. All of his books are so engaging and full of surprises. This book has a touch of the supernatural which makes the story even more intriguing. The characters are well developed and you can feel their emotions. It was another definite page turner and the ending did not disappoint but left me wanting more. I will be reading the next in the series very soon.
I started this series from the beginning about six months earlier, since nos. 9 and 10 have been on my TBR shelf for years and figured I would re-aquaint myself before reading them. I probably didn't need to do that; I think there's enough backstory provided that a new reader would be okay although perhaps curious about some previous events. It may even have been a mistake since I have taken a dislike to the character - with a bigger gap between books, maybe I wouldn't have noticed.
The mystery is good, as always Krueger gives us a rich atmospheric book with an excellent sense of place and time, good dialogue, and good characters. The mine descriptions are great. Although the very end, which flashes back to Cork's childhood, seems like a stretch.
But I'm stopping here. I don't like how O'Connor makes sincere promises but then just does whatever he wants. Krueger has kept this character true all the way through the series, no surprises, and really what would a PI book be if the character instantly told everything to the cops? I had to think about why it bothers me...and it's the same reason I don't like alcoholic or addicted characters, just my personal quirk.
So 3.5 stars, good book very well told, the fact I don't like the character has nothing to do with the merits of the story.
The mystery is good, as always Krueger gives us a rich atmospheric book with an excellent sense of place and time, good dialogue, and good characters. The mine descriptions are great. Although the very end, which flashes back to Cork's childhood, seems like a stretch.
But I'm stopping here. I don't like how O'Connor makes sincere promises but then just does whatever he wants. Krueger has kept this character true all the way through the series, no surprises, and really what would a PI book be if the character instantly told everything to the cops? I had to think about why it bothers me...and it's the same reason I don't like alcoholic or addicted characters, just my personal quirk.
So 3.5 stars, good book very well told, the fact I don't like the character has nothing to do with the merits of the story.
I am an avid reader of William Kent Krueger's books, and his series with Cork O'Connor. Almost all of his books have intricate and interesting character's wound tight in a suspense filled mystery with lots of twists and turns. This one was no exception, but found it a little harder to follow and would especially be hard if you hadn't read any of his previous books in the series. Ultimately this one answered some questions to Cork's past and deals with his deceased parents and friends. Again not one of my favorites in this series, especially with events transpiring in the previous novel "Heaven's Keep' which I considered to be one of the best books I have ever read. I am not going to say any more about any of the story line as I don't want to be a spoiler. I do highly recommend this author as he has become one of my favorites and a go to author. If you decide to read any of his books and haven't previously I would recommend the first in the series "Iron Lake".
