Lightning Strike (Cork O'Connor #0) by William Kent Krueger

 My Rating: 4.9

Set in 1963 in Aurora Minnesota, a small town alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. Cork O’Connor is 12-years-old, and stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp. It is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. 

Cork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff, and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. 

Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. 

As always, William Kent Krueger writes with masterful story telling and captures so much heart - of a young man, the town and the Indian people. Amazingly well done. Even though this prequel was written later, I decided to start the series with this book. So good and I can't wait to immerse myself in the rest of this series.