Copper River

Copper River opens with Cork O’Connor in a far more vulnerable position than usual. Wounded and on the run from professional killers, he hides out in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula at the remote resort run by his cousin Jewell DuBois. What begins as a bid to stay alive and recover quickly widens into something darker when Cork becomes entangled in a local case involving a murdered girl, a missing teenager, and a violent conspiracy preying on runaways. The setting matters immediately: this is a rough, isolated landscape where help is limited and danger can stay hidden for a long time.

Readers can expect a crime novel with the pace of a thriller but the emotional weight and atmosphere of the Cork O’Connor books. The story moves away from Aurora, yet it keeps the same interest in damaged communities, moral strain, and people caught between survival and responsibility. The tone is tense, bleak at times, and deeply suspenseful, with the wilderness and small-town setting giving the whole novel a colder, more exposed feel than a conventional investigation story.

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