Brian Ratliff

The champions are those brave few who step across the line of perceived risk to give life a go and to see just what could be possible within a lifetime. They win some, and they lose some, but-no matter the results-they keep pushing forward. They understand that there are lessons to be learned with the successes of life as well as the failures of life. For the champion, the successes can never cause them to become complacent nor can the failures cause them to stay on the mat.

William Kent Krueger is a New York Times best-selling author whose popular Cork O’Connor mysteries display an "intimate knowledge of Minnesota’s northern reaches and respect for Native American life" ( Publishers Weekly). In Tamarack County, former sheriff Cork O'Connor investigates the disappearance of a retired judge’s wife - and discovers the bloody aftermath of a 20-year-old crime.