Ive read most of this series. In the last few outings, Krueger, like many authors, has begun to incorporate woke themes. This book, Fox Creek starts out as a good Cork Corcoran page turner, but then a climate crisis plot line is revealed that is so poorly supported and unresolved that it makes a good book, a chore to finish. Why are the bad guys bad? You wont know the answer. Who are the bad guys? Again, no answer. The native american milieu lends itself to a story about wilderness preservation or even climate crisis. Its hard to have that much storyline infrastructure and still make this seem tacked on like plywood over a broken picture window. I think this author is out of gas and/or inspiration. I would suggest reading the first 9 or so highly enjoyable books in this series.

Do not start reading Fox Creek if you have any you have do get done. The man is a master storyteller. This is one of his very best, and I’ve read them all.