After the DNF last night, I wanted something that felt ... reliable. William Kent Krueger's books are exactly that. This probably wouldn't be my favorite of his books--it's too focused on the Native spiritualism for my tastes, I don't believe a word of it outside the context of these novels (and honestly, barely there)--but his strengths as a novelist are all on display: His feel for the characters and their culture/s, his care for the physical and social environment, his faith in humanity, his belief in ... something. Has things to say about death and faith and forgiveness and grief, and it says them powerfully.
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