Heaven's Keep (Cork O'Connor Series #9)

the most endearing series

i read the first book on a whim during a summer vacation. I immediately went out and bought the rest. i am hooked! when i read the last installment in this oh so exciting series, i had been captivated for days reading all that william kent krueger had to offer. i can't wait for the next book. He holds your interest and keeps you on the edge of your seat. thanks! i look so forward to the next book.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Men and Women will enjoy!

This series of eleven books is great. Can't put it down as always need to find out what is going to happen next with Cork and his family. One of the best mysteries I've read. Compare it with CJ Box, Joe Pickett series.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great Book

Best book so far. Great plot, good suspense. Hard to put down. I think it would be helpful to know the characters, but would still be a good book. The book did have me wondering til the end what would happen. Krueger has a great series going.

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highly recommended

this book made me very sad, but nonetheless I loved it!

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Heaven's Keep

While I did enjoy this book I would have to say it was not up to what I have come to expect from Krueger. It is as descriptive as ever, what I consider one of his skills, but was to much into the emotions of the event. Glad I read it but not one I will likely read again.

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His Best Book Yet!

I have been checking my calendar for the release date of William Kent Krueger's next novel, Heaven's Keep. This latest book is also his best in my opinion. He has always had true to life characters that capture the heart, but this is a wonderful story with a believable plot and interesting twists. I had a hard time putting it down. I have read all of this series and truly love Cork O'Connor, despite all his flaws. It's probably what makes this series so good & the characters so believable. Krueger makes his characters very human and is very good at developing them. I would highly recommend this book, but it would mean a lot more if the others in the series are read first (although not a requirement for enjoyment). Now I can't wait for the next one!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Krueger has done it again.

I've read all the O'Connor books and this one left me wondering where he can go in the future. It's well written and the characters developed very well. Cork O'Connor is a complex person and a good part of his life as we know it has been intertwined with Jo, his wife. Thus when Jo goes missing on a private charter plane, we feel his loss and sense of urgency in looking for her. The setting in Wyoming is out of his comfort zone but he does a great job with drawing you into the majesty of the land. Very unexpected plot twists keep you interested and very surprised. I would recommend this to a new reader of Krueger!

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Pleasant Surprise

This book was recommended by a friend. I had no idea what to expect but I was very impressed by this author, not having read anything of his before this. Being from Wyoming made the storyline even better. It keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Try it - you might like it. I absolutely love the cover on the book. Shows off the beauty of Wyoming.

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Wow, what a ride!

Not only is Heaven's Keep a thriller, it is also a slice of family life. Great characters, great storyline. Nice twists and turns. I have read several of Krueger's books and I think this is one of the best yet. This is one book you will enjoy again and again.

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A Complex Thriller rooted in family relationships

This is a dense, emotionally packed novel that fully illuminates the author's talent and command of his material. Krueger frequently remarks that he writes about family relationships and about Northern Minnesota. In Heaven's Keep readers get both in spades. But there's more.

Here, Cork O'Conner is forced to go out of his comfort zone, the mythical Aurora, Minnesota and journey to Wyoming, to a forbidding and lonely part of the state at the edge of the Rocky Mountains during a stormy time of year. The catalyst is that Cork's wife Jo, an attorney, is flying by private charter to Seattle for a conference of Native American leaders. The plane disappears and the early part of the novel deals with the agony and frustration of not knowing the fate of the passengers. Krueger's intelligent and intriguing twist on the plot is that Cork and Jo parted on testy terms at the Aurora airport. They were arguing about O'Connor's future, and the future of Sam's Place, Cork's burger shack on the shores of Iron Lake.

Thus, O'Connor's grief over Jo's loss is compounded and when, much later new and unsettling information about the pilot of the plane surfaces, the O'Connor family is thrown into new emotional turmoil. Throughout this book, Krueger's control of the plot, the character changes, and the family relationships, is sure handed and, for the most part will be satisfying to the reader. This is a novel that deserves a wide readership. It is one that is satisfying in all its elements, and will stay with readers well after the final page.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

William Ken Krueger Does it Again with "Heaven's Keep"

"Heaven's Keep" is a page-a-minute, heart-rending thriller with characters who have grown with each book of the series. Being from a "flying family" I was particularly appreciative of Mr. Krueger's well-researched and authentic prose. Anyone who buys this book is in for more than a thrill. One word of warning: keep a handkerchief handy.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Nearly incoherent, nowhere near realistic, a waste of money.

I am a fan of William Kent Krueger and have enjoyed his fiction, for the most part. So I was more than happy to see and purchase his latest work. What a disappoinment! The novel wobbles and veers about with little or no rational or structure. The events are barely believable and wholly unrealistic. If you're not a fan, avoid the book. If you are a fan, wait for it to come out in paperback, if you must buy it.
Let's hope his next novel is better.

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The Best!!

Having read all 10 of Mr Krueger's Cork O'Connor series books, this was probably the best. Even though I dreaded the outcome, it was told with the same meticulous details and precision of all books in the series. The best series by a writer that I've read in many years.

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I have really enjoyed these books I am now starting # 10 and there is only one more to go

You will be hooked after the first page

Terrific, you will understand dreams foreshadowing by the young indian who swore he saw Christ. Young Stevies dreams...and what a soft heart Cork has. I loved every page!

It needs editing!!!(no joke)

This book is great and all but it has to many curses. Like a song has to be edited so its clean NO CURSES. Well this book needs to be edited NO CURSES!!!!!!!! Love u all

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best O'Connor tale to date

The day before Jo O'Connor boards the charter flight to Wyoming with seven other people, she and her husband Cork get into a fight. The small plane flies through a wintry storm and suddenly vies off course; no longer tracked by radar, the assumption by officials is the plane crashed into the Wyoming mountains. Cork joins the search into the wintry Rockies but after days of fruitless searching hampered by bad weather making a harsh mountainous terrain that much more difficult, the party gives up as there is no sign of the plane; no one could have lived through the cold if they made it past the assumed crash.

Six months later, Rebecca Bodine and her friend Liz Burns show up at Cork's place in Minnesota. Rebecca claims the pilot of that charter was not her husband as everyone else assumes especially with a wrongful death suit claiming Sandy was drunk when he flew that fatal flight. A reporter digs up what Sandy was doing before the flight: getting drunk in a bar. Cork looks at a video of the pilot and concludes he did not drink but instead poured the liquor into something under his shirt while pretending to imbibe. Although he still believes his wife died, Cork knows something is off about the official conclusion so goes to Wyoming to investigate. The closer he comes to the truth, law enforcement officers, other government officials and drug lords are watching him to see if they have to take action against him.

Readers will sympathize with Cork who feels remorse that he and Jo went to bed angry with one another instead of making up while his fuming good bye was his last words to her. As Cork investigates, he and the audience begin to wonder whether Jo is alive but if so how. Filled with action and vivid descriptions of the Wyoming Rockies, William Kent Kreuger has somehow made this strong thriller a personal drama as well in what may be the best O'Connor tale to date.

Harriet Klausner

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