Part of Cork O'Connor
First published 2016
Cork O'Connor dreads November. This month claimed his wife, father, and best friend in separate tragedies. Now his daughter plans to marry during these dark weeks, adding to his unease. When a camper vanishes in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the official search turns up nothing. The missing man's family asks Cork to continue looking. Despite the approaching wedding and worsening weather, he agrees and heads into the vast wilderness alone. Days pass without word from Cork. His worried family flies to the remote lake where the camper disappeared. They locate Cork's abandoned campsite but find no trace of him. Blood covers the area. Lots of it. An early winter storm approaches as Cork's family races to solve both disappearances. They don't know that Cork's life hangs in the balance alongside hundreds of others.
Genres: american-fiction, adventure, suspense, mystery, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, personal-tragedy, race-against-time, search-and-rescue
Setting: Minnesota, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Period: November, 21st-century
337 pages · Kindle Edition · Atria Books
Content warnings: death, violence