Imagined crossover · Lawmen of the West
What if Lucas Davenport met Cork O’Connor?
The city cop and the north woods sheriff. Two Minnesotan investigators with very different styles who would come to respect each other.
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The pair
Lucas DavenportMinneapolis detective, later a state agent and a US marshalBy John Sandford · Prey (Lucas Davenport) · first in Rules of Prey
Cork O’ConnorFormer sheriff of Tamarack County, later a private investigatorBy William Kent Krueger · Cork O’Connor · first in Iron Lake
Chemistry7/10
Friction6/10
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Where and when
Minnesota
The 1990s to today
The story
- How they might meet
- A fugitive from Minneapolis heads for the Boundary Waters, and Davenport needs a guide who knows Tamarack County and its people.
- Why they would work
- Two Minnesotan investigators with very different styles who would come to respect each other.
- What each brings
- Davenport is a ruthless, resourceful hunter of criminals with political cunning. O’Connor knows the land, the Ojibwe communities and the long memory of the north woods.
- Where they would clash
- Davenport’s city swagger meets O’Connor’s quiet conscience, and they would not always agree on what justice looks like.
Strengths compared
Lucas Davenport Cork O’Connor
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Rules of PreyJohn Sandford · 1989 · Lucas Davenport's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- Iron LakeWilliam Kent Krueger · 1998 · Cork O’Connor's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
