Part of Cork O'Connor
First published 2009
Cork O'Connor once wore a sheriff's badge. Now he works as a private investigator from his lakeside property. A real estate corporation wants his land for development. They made offers and applied pressure. Cork rejected them all. His wife Jo provided legal advice as his attorney. Then Jo boarded a charter flight that disappeared during a Wyoming snowstorm. Search teams found nothing. Cork lost his will to fight the corporation. Months pass. Two women approach Cork with questions about the pilot of Jo's flight. Their investigation reveals the crash might not have been an accident. If someone caused the plane to go down, Jo could still be alive somewhere in the mountains. Cork abandons his grief and picks up the trail. He will not stop until he brings his wife home or learns the truth about what happened in that storm.
Genres: american-fiction, suspense, mystery, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: determined-protagonist, mystery-investigation, personal-stakes
Setting: Wyoming, lakeside property
321 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books
Content warnings: death, kidnapping