Kevin G. (2littletime) reviewed on 12/13/2015 + 57 more book reviews

I am one of William Kent Krueger's biggest fans as I have read all of his Cork O'Connor books now-this being the last. Now I will have to patiently await a new one in the series to be published. I went into this book "Windigo Island" with an open mind as I had read some of the reviews online beforehand, fans accounts were saying it left them displeased as Krueger wrote some of the book threw Cork O'Connor's daughter Jenny's eyes. I respectfully disagree as I think it added credability to the series. I was able to see the main character and private investigator Cork O'Connor in a different light and at a different Angle. Cork O'Connor is a character I have come to love and admire in Krueger's books, but in the journey I have come to know he like all of us and is not without flaws. In this addition he is called upon by his faithful friend amd elder Henry Meloux's (an Ojibwe Indian Mide) family to find a missing girl. In previous books the mythical and evil beast of the Ojibwe's a "Windigo" has come to haunt and spread its evil throughout Cork's own life. Jenny pleads with her Dad Cork to go and help with this investigation. She from previous encounters has had a vision that she is needed to help save this girl so feels called. Through her eye's we see Cork differently in many ways as he makes this one personal. Henry gives Cork obvious warnings that come from experience/faith on how to deal with the evil ahead. Jenny takes heed and listen's to Henry's wisdom as it falls on Cork's deaf ears. Again I enjoyed reading this book and how his family become's involved, that is part of what makes this whole series great as we grow, learn, and love the O'Connor family, friends, and surroundings. This for me was a page turner, and like many of the books in the series, I absoutely was relentless in my race to read to the end. The only thing I was disappointed in was the fact when I had turned the last page!

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