William Kent Krueger, “Ordinary Grace” Atria
Books, 2013, 307 pp.
This book was recommended to me by Gerry, a teacher
friend of my sister’s, apparently a person whose recommendations are worth
investigating. This book is not my
normal non-fiction fare, it is a novel and a mystery, but I discovered well
worth one’s attention. Even though it is
307 pages long, I couldn’t put it down and read it in one day—it’s that kind of
book.
Plot: The books setting is the middle of Minnesota,
Bremen, in 1961 (the time was probably another attraction for me). Anyway, the small town setting is convincing
as seen through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Frank Drum. A summer in which mysterious death occurs
four times.
Notes:
Pg. 20: I was a
Boy Scout. Not a good one. I liked the general idea of being trustworthy
and loyal and thrifty and brave and clean and reverent but the effort it took
to hang in there with all those weighty virtues was usually more than I cared
to muster.
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