Cork O’Connor book 1 · 1998
Iron Lake
In a blizzard in the small town of Aurora, Minnesota, Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff, finds the town’s judge dead, an apparent suicide, and a local boy missing. The Ojibwe whisper of the Windigo.
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Book facts
- Author
- William Kent Krueger
- Series
- Cork O’Connor, book 1 of 22
- Published
- 1998
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Aurora, Minnesota
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Iron Lake
5 recurring or key characters from William Kent Krueger’s chart. Introduces Cork O’Connor, Henry Meloux, Jo O’Connor, Stephen O’Connor and 1 more.
Lead 1
- Cork O’ConnorFirst appearanceFormer sheriff of Tamarack County, later a private investigator
Major 2
- Henry MelouxFirst appearanceOjibwe Mide healer and Cork’s mentor
- Jo O’ConnorFirst appearanceCork’s wife, a lawyer
Minor and cameo 2
- Stephen O’ConnorFirst appearanceCork’s son
- Anne and Jenny O’ConnorFirst appearanceCork’s daughters
Also featuring these characters
Other William Kent Krueger books that share the most characters with Iron Lake.
- Purgatory Ridge2001 · Cork O’Connor · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Blood Hollow2004 · Cork O’Connor · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Mercy Falls2005 · Cork O’Connor · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Copper River2006 · Cork O’Connor · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon