Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 10/13/2017 + 1031 more book reviews

In this 3rd novel featuring "Cork" O'Connor, the ex-sheriff and his wife are working on their troubled marriage when there is an explosion at the local timber mill. The local Native Americans, and environmental activists, are enraged over plans to cut down old-growth pines sacred to the tribe. In a parallel story, a half-Indian man is still simmering with anger over the long-ago sinking of an ore ship. He was the only survivor, and his brother died. The two plots will of course converge. Great sense of place in this books, interesting characters, and there's a twist at the end I didn't anticipate. IMO the plot tends to stall in a couple places and I still think it's odd that the local sheriff, who defeated Cork in an election, allows him free access to just about everything. There's a sub-plot that kind of explains it, I guess, and maybe it's a small-town kind of thing too. A new reader could start here without problems, there is enough backstory to catch up on the character relationships.

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