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Where Lightning Strike sits
- Series
- Book 18 of Cork O'Connor. See all Cork O'Connor books in order
- The book before
- Desolation Mountain
- The book after
- Fox Creek
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against williamkentkrueger.com
- Place in the series
- It is book 18 of the Cork O'Connor series. (williamkentkrueger.com; read November 6, 2026)
Cork O'Connor ... Desolation Mountain ... Lightning Strike
- Next book
- Book 19 is Fox Creek. (williamkentkrueger.com; read November 6, 2026)
Lightning Strike ... Fox Creek
Checked facts about Lightning Strike
Under each line: where it was read, and when.
- This edition
- The edition checked here is a 385-page paperback from Atria Paperback. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
9781982128692 ... paperback ... 385 pages ... Atria Paperback
What Lightning Strike is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- In summer 1963, the town means everything to Cork O'Connor, who is twelve. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O'Connor
- Then Cork finds a man he looked up to, dead, hanged from a tree at a deserted logging camp. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp
- His father, Liam O'Connor, is the sheriff of Aurora and must confirm how the man died. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Liam O'Connor, is Aurora's sheriff and it is his job to confirm
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Criminal investigation
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fathers and sons
- Investigations
- Private investigators
- Small cities
Places
- Minnesota
Book type
- Fiction
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in Cork O'Connor
21 books listed so far
- Book 1: Iron Lake
- Book 2: Boundary Waters
- Book 3: Purgatory Ridge
- Book 4: Blood Hollow
- Book 5: Mercy Falls
- Book 6: Copper River
- Book 7: Thunder Bay
- Book 8: Red Knife
- Book 9: Heaven's Keep
- Book 10: Vermilion Drift
- Book 11: Northwest Angle
- Book 12: Trickster's Point
- Book 13: Tamarack County
- Book 14: Windigo Island
- Book 15: Manitou Canyon
- Book 16: Sulfur Springs
- Book 17: Desolation Mountain
- Book 19: Fox Creek
- Book 20: Spirit Crossing
- Book 21: Apostle's Cove
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