★ Anthony AwardWinner, 1999
★ 美國安東尼獎（Anthony Award）
★ 閣樓─麥克奈特小說獎（Loft-McKnight Fiction Award）
★ 貝瑞獎之一鳴驚人獎（Barry Award for Best First Novel）
★ 美國作家之友獎（Friends of American Writers Prize）
★ 明尼蘇達圖書獎（Minnesota Book Award）
★ 明尼蘇達東北圖書獎（Northeastern Minnesota Book Award）
★ 迪利斯獎（Dilys Award）入圍

In eighteen novels over twenty years, William Kent Krueger has enthralled readers with the adventures of P.I. Cork O’Connor, former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota—selling more than 1.5 million copies of his books and winning the Edgar Award, Minnesota Book Award, Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, Dilys Award, Lovey Award, and Anthony Award along the way. Now, in this special anniversary edition, longtime fans and new readers alike can read the novel that first introduced Corcoran “Cork” O’Connor to the world.

Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, getting by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago’s South Side, there’s not much that can shock him. But when the town’s judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on this complicated and perplexing case of conspiracy, corruption, and a small-town secret that hits painfully close to home.