~ Trade Paperback

~ Winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel - 1999, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel - 1999, and the Minnesota Book Award for Mystery - 1999

Iron Lake: 20th Anniversary Edition

Corcoran 'Cork' O'Connor, a former Chicago cop and retired sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, is having difficulty dealing with his marital meltdown, but when the town’s judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on this complicated and perplexing case of conspiracy, corruption, and a small-town secret that hits painfully close to home . . .

Discover the novel that launched William Kent Krueger's bestselling Cork O'Connor mystery series in this twentieth anniversary edition of Iron Lake that includes an exclusive bonus short story. 

"With this novel, Kent Krueger has elevated the crime fiction genre into something very special." -- Louise Penny, bestselling author of the 'Chief Inspector Armand Gamache' series