20 Best Books By William Kent Krueger (2023 Update)

In the extraordinary new cork o’connor thriller from new york times bestselling and edgar award–winning author william kent krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when cork vanishes just days before his daughter’s wedding.since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous novembers, cork o’connor has always considered it to be the cruelest of months. yet, his daughter has chosen this dismal time of year in which to marry, and cork is understandably uneasy. his concern comes to a head when a man camping in minnesota’s boundary waters canoe area wilderness goes missing. as the official search ends with no recovery in sight, cork is asked by the man’s family to stay on the case. although the wedding is fast approaching and the weather looks threatening, he accepts and returns to that vast wilderness. as the sky darkens and the days pass, cork’s family anxiously awaits his return. finally certain that something has gone terribly wrong, they fly by floatplane to the lake where the missing man was last seen. locating cork’s campsite, they find no sign of him. they do find blood, however. a lot of it. with an early winter storm on the horizon, it’s a race against time as cork’s family struggles to uncover the mystery behind these disappearances. little do they know, not only is cork’s life on the line, but so are the lives of hundreds of others.

"new york times bestselling author william kent krueger delivers yet another "punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction" (booklist, starred review) as cork o'connor and his son stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on desolation mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders. this is a heart-pounding and devastating mystery the scope and consequences of which go far beyond what father or son could ever have imagined. there are more things in heaven and earth, horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. to stephen o'connor, hamlet's dour observation is more than just words. all his life, he has had visions of tragedies to come. when he experiences the vision of a great bird shot from the sky, he knows something terrible is about to happen. the crash of a private plane on desolation mountain in a remote part of the iron lake reservation, which kills a united states senator and most of her family, confirms stephen's worst fears. stephen joins his father, cork o'connor and a few ojibwe men from the nearby iron lake reservation to sift through the smoldering wreckage when the fbi arrives and quickly assumes control of the situation. what seems like the end of the o'connors' involvement is, however, only the beginning of a harrowing journey to understand the truth behind the senator's death. as he initiates his own probe, cork o'connor stumbles upon a familiar face in bo thorson, a private security consultant whose unnamed clients have hired him to look quietly into the cause of the crash. the men agree to join forces in their investigation, but soon cork begins to wonder if thorson's loyalties lie elsewhere. in that far north minnesota county, which is overrun with agents of the fbi, ntsb, dod, and even members of a rightwing militia, all of whom have their own agendas, cork, stephen, and bo attempt to navigate a perilous course. roadblocked by lies from the highest levels of government, uncertain who to trust, and facing growing threats the deeper they dig for answers, the three men finally understand that to get to the truth, they will have to face the great menace, a beast of true evil lurking in the woods–a beast with a murderous intent of unimaginable scale"–

William kent krueger’s gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: vermilion drift.when the department of energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in tamarack county, minnesota, and cork is hired as a security consultant. deep in the mine during his first day on the job, cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. five appear to be nearly half a century old—connected to what the media once dubbed "the vanishings," a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when cork’s father was sheriff in tamarack county. but the sixth has been dead less than a week. what’s worse, two of the bodies—including the most recent victim—were killed using cork’s own gun, one handed down to him from his father. as cork searches for answers, he must dig into his own past and that of his father, a well-respected man who harbored a ghastly truth. time is running out, however. new threats surface, and unless cork can unravel the tangled thread of clues quickly, more death is sure to come. vermilion drift is a powerful novel, filled with all the mystery and suspense for which krueger has won so many awards. a poignant portrayal of the complexities of family life, it’s also a sobering reminder that even those closest to our hearts can house the darkest—and deadliest—of secrets.

The 20th anniversary edition of the first novel in william kent krueger’s beloved and bestselling cork o’connor mystery series—includes an exclusive bonus short story! “a brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate.” —louise penny, #1 new york times bestselling author of glass houses “a master craftsman [and] a series of books written with a grace and precision so stunning that you’d swear the stories were your own.” —craig johnson, author of the walt longmire series “among thoughtful readers, william kent krueger holds a very special place in the pantheon.” —c.j. box, #1 new york times bestselling author of the disappearedin 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.

In william kent krueger’s “finest work” (michael connelly), detective cork o’connor unravels a mystery for his old friend henry meloux, only to get caught in the blistering crossfire of jealousy and revenge. the promise, as i remember it, happened this way. but his newfound state of calm is soon interrupted when henry meloux, an ojibwe medicine man and cork’s spiritual adviser, makes a request: will cork find the son that henry fathered long ago? with little to go on, cork uses his investigative skills to locate henry wellington, a wealthy and reclusive industrialist living in thunder bay, ontario. when a murder attempt is made on old meloux’s life, all clues point north across the border. but why would wellington want his father dead? this question takes cork on a journey through time as he unravels the story of meloux’s 1920s adventure in the ore-rich wilderness of canada, where his love for a beautiful woman, far outside his culture, led him into a trap of treachery, greed, and murder. the past and present collide along the rocky shores of thunder bay, where a father’s unconditional love is tested by a son’s deeply felt resentment, and where jealousy and revenge remain the code among men.

In william kent krueger’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, cork o’connor’s search for a missing man in the arizona desert puts him at the center of a violent power struggle along the mexican border, a struggle that might cost cork everything and everyone he holds most dear.on the fourth of july, just as fireworks are about to go off in aurora, minnesota, cork o’connor and his new bride rainy bisonette listen to a desperate voicemail left by rainy's son, peter. the message is garbled and full of static, but they hear peter confess to the murder of someone named rodriguez. when they try to contact him, they discover that his phone has gone dead. the following morning, cork and rainy fly to coronado county in southern arizona, where peter has been working as a counselor in a well-known drug rehab center. when they arrive, they learn that peter was fired six months earlier and hasn’t been heard from since. so they head to the little desert town of sulfur springs where peter has been receiving his mail. but no one in sulfur springs seems to know him. they do, however, recognize the name rodriguez. carlos rodriguez is the head of a cartel that controls everything illegal crossing the border from mexico into coronado county. as they gather scraps of information about peter, cork and rainy are warned that there is a war going on along the border. “trust no one in coronado county,” is a refrain they hear again and again. and to cork, arizona is alien country. the relentless heat and absence of water, tall trees, and cool forests feel nightmarish to him, as does his growing sense that rainy might know more about what's going on than she's willing to admit. and if he can't trust rainy, who can he trust? featuring krueger’s signature talent of “creating strong characters, building drama and conflict, braiding in indian legend and spirituality, and spinning a good yarn” (minneapolis star tribune), sulfur springs is a fresh, exhilarating, and white-knuckle mystery starring one of the greatest heroes of fiction.

With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective cork o’connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of william kent krueger’s unforgettable new york times bestselling series.during a houseboat vacation on the remote lake of the woods, a violent gale sweeps through unexpectedly, stranding cork and his daughter, jenny, on a devastated island where the wind has ushered in a force far darker and more deadly than any storm. amid the wreckage, cork and jenny discover the body of a teenage girl. she wasn’t killed by the storm, however; she’d been bound and tortured before she died. nearby, underneath a tangle of branches, they also find a baby boy, hungry and dehydrated, but still very much alive. powerful forces intent on securing the child pursue them to the isolated northwest angle, where it’s impossible to tell who among the residents is in league with the devil, but cork understands that to save his family he must solve the puzzle of this mysterious child whom death follows like a shadow. “part adventure, part mystery, and all knockout thriller” (booklist), northwest angle is a dynamic addition to william kent krueger’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series.

When a high school student’s body is found and her boyfriend goes missing, tough-as-nails former sheriff cork o’connor is forced into the center of an eerie mystery with a shocking twist in this “vivid and realistic” (booklist), anthony award-winning novel from new york times bestselling author william kent krueger.when the body of a beautiful high school student is discovered on a hillside four months after her disappearance on new year’s eve, all evidence points to her boyfriend, local bad boy solemn winter moon. despite solemn’s self-incriminating decision to go into hiding, cork o’connor isn’t about to hang the crime on a kid he’s convinced is innocent. in an uphill battle to clear solemn’s name, cork encounters no shortage of adversity. some—like bigotry and bureaucracy—he knows all too well. what cork isn’t prepared for is the emergence of a long-held resentment from his own childhood. and when solemn reappears, claiming to have seen a vision of jesus christ in blood hollow, the mystery becomes thornier than cork could ever have anticipated. and that's when the miracles start happening.

“the good daughter is like law and order meets the good wife.” —theskimminstant new york times bestsellertheskimm book club pick! the stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author — a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. one runs for her life. one is left behind…twenty-eight years ago, charlotte and samantha quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. it left their mother dead. it left their father — pikeville's notorious defense attorney — devastated. and it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.twenty-eight years later, and charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself — the ideal good daughter. but when violence comes to pikeville again — and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized — charlie is plunged into a nightmare. not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever…packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, the good daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.

The creator of the critically acclaimed, award-winning cork o'connor mystery series presents a haunting, atmospheric conspiracy thriller.locked in a tight battle for reelection, president clay dixon knows his best chance for victory is the popularity of his wife, kate. but the disenchanted first lady is about to desert him.when an orchard accident seriously injures kate's father, a retired senator and former vice president, she returns to the family farm in minnesota to be at his side. assigned to protect her, secret service agent bo thorsen soon falls under kate's spell. bo suspects that the accident is part of a trap to lure the first lady home, a trap set by a man named david moses, an escaped mental patient who once loved kate. but although bo and moses don't realize it, they're caught in a larger web of deadly intrigue spun by a shadowy, seemingly insignificant bureaucratic department within the federal government itself. racing to find answers before an assassin's bullet kills kate, bo comes to understand that when you lie down with the devil, there's hell to pay.both ambitious and compelling, "the devil's bed" is sure to thrill and surprise devotees of cork o'connor and win new fans alike.

Summary of ordinary grace by william kent krueger | conversation starters when frank drum's family moves to new bremen, they have no idea what heartbreak lies in the future for them. in the summer of 1961, the town sees five deaths, one of them being a member of the drum family, frank's sister. the different ways the family members and community deals with the deaths brings forth the issues and concerns of the times vividly. the book raises questions about racism, war, mental illness, forgiveness, and faith. one question that many believers struggle with is why god lets bad things happen to good people. ordinary grace is the journey of that question, and some people might find some answers. a brief look inside: every good book contains a world far deeper than the surface of its pages. the characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. conversation starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. these questions can be used to… create hours of conversation: * promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups * foster a deeper understanding of the book * assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately * explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before disclaimer: this book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book.

Evoking into the wild and the monkey wrench gang, dead run is the extraordinary true story of three desperado survivalists, a dangerous plot, a brutal murder, and a treacherous manhunt.on a sunny may morning in 1998, three friends in a stolen truck passed through cortez, colorado on their way to commit sabotage of unspeakable proportions. evidence suggests their mission was to blow up the glen canyon dam. had they succeeded, the structure's collapse would have unleashed a 500-foot-high inland tsunami, surging across the american southwest and pulverizing everything in its path—crashing through the grand canyon, overflowing hoover dam, washing away downstream communities and crippling the water supply of las vegas, phoenix, tucson, los angeles, and san diego.instead, the truck was pulled over by an unsuspecting small town cop and the outlaws opened fire. after shooting him twenty times, they blasted their way past dozens of police cars and vanished into 10,000 square miles of the harshest wilderness terrain on the north american continent. the pursuit that ensued pitted the most sophisticated law enforcement technology on the planet against three self-trained survivalists. seventy-five local, state, and federal police agencies; dozens of swat teams; u.s. army special forces and more than five hundred officers from across the country followed the fugitives into a landscape only they could survive. nine years later the last of the fugitives was finally accounted for, but what really happened to them remained shrouded in mystery. the first in-depth account of this sensational case, dead run is replete with overbearing local sheriffs, native american trackers, posse's on horseback, suspicion of police cover-ups, rumors of vigilante justice, and the blunders of the nation's most exalted crime-fighters pursuing outlaws against the unforgiving backdrop of the utah wilderness.more than a thrilling crime story, dead run is also an examination of the seductive allure of outlaw culture in the west and how it continues to inform national attitudes toward guns, authority and unfettered freedom. exhaustively researched, dead run offers a stunning portrayal of an enduring wild west landscape, where the american spirit is most boldly and confusingly, even tragically, lived.

When a charter plane carrying cork o'connor's wife, jo, goes missing in a snowstorm over the wyoming rockies, cork must accept the terrible truth that his wife is gone forever. but is she? in heaven's keep, celebrated author william kent krueger puts his intrepid hero through the most harrowing mission of his life. months after the tragedy, two women show up on cork's doorstep with evidence that the pilot of jo's plane was not the man he claimed to be. it may not be definitive proof, but it's a ray of light in the darkness surrounding cork's loss. agreeing to investigate, he travels to wyoming, where he battles the interference of local law enforcement who may be on the take, the open hostility of the northern arapaho, who have much to lose if the truth is known, and the continuing attempts on his life by assassins who shadow his every move. at the center of all the danger and deception lies the possibility that jo's disappearance was not the end of her, that somewhere along the labyrinthine path of his search, maybe even in the broad shadow of heaven's keep itself, cork will find her alive and waiting for him.

Dennis lehane meets megan miranda in this “dark beauty of a novel” (william kent krueger, new york times bestselling author) about the first female sheriff in rural bad axe county, wisconsin, as she searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of her parents twenty years ago—all as a winter storm rages in her embattled community. fifteen years ago, heidi white’s parents were shot to death on their bad axe county farm. the police declared it a murder-suicide and closed the case. but that night, heidi found the one clue she knew could lead to the truth—if only the investigators would listen. now heidi white is heidi kick, wife of local baseball legend harley kick and mother of three small children. she’s also the interim sheriff in bad axe. half the county wants heidi elected but the other half will do anything to keep her out of law enforcement. and as a deadly ice storm makes it way to bad axe, tensions rise and long-buried secrets climb to the surface. as freezing rain washes out roads and rivers flood their banks, heidi finds herself on the trail of a missing teenaged girl. clues lead her down twisted paths to backwoods stag parties, derelict dairy farms, and the local salvage yard—where the body of a different teenage girl has been carefully hidden for a decade. as the storm rages on, heidi realizes that someone is planting clues for her to find, leading her to some unpleasant truths that point to the local baseball team and a legendary game her husband pitched years ago. with a murder to solve, a missing girl to save, and a monster to bring to justice, heidi is on the cusp of shaking her community to its core—and finding out what really happened the night her parents died. with “striking prose, engaging characters, and a searing story of crimes rooted in the heartland,” bad axe county is a “darkly irresistible thriller” (kirkus reviews, starred review) that you won’t be able to put down.

What if you were the strongest demon king in history…but nobody believed you? a light-hearted action rom-com series wherein the devil is definitely not getting his due. anoth, the demon king of tyranny, has defeated humans, spirits, and gods alike. but even demon kings get tired of all the fighting sometimes hoping for a more peaceful life, anoth decides to reincarnate himself. when he wakes two thousand years later, though, he finds the world has become too peaceful–his descendants have grown weak and magic is in serious decline. intending to reclaim his rightful place, he enrolls in demon king academy, where he finds that his magical power is off the charts. literally. and because they can't measure his power, the faculty and other students regard anoth as a misfit. with the support of misha, the one student he manages to befriend, the misfit (demon king) begins his climb up the demon ranks

Three exciting cork o'connor mysteries in one package and only available as an ebook. includes an exclusive introduction by william kent krueger that describes his experience writing these first three novels in his new york times bestselling series. – iron lake part irish, part anishinaabe indian, corcoran cork o'connor is the former sheriff of aurora, minnesota. embittered by his former status and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, cork gets 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 a mind-jolting case of conspiracy, corruption, and scandal. – iron lake is an explosive brew: one part james ellroy, one part stephen king, one part jack london, and all parts terrific. a harrowing, unpredictable journey into the heart of the forest primeval where evil not only waits for you, but calls your name. a truly remarkable first novel; read it with someone watching your back. –david housewright, edgar award-winning author of curse of the jade lily – boundary waters somewhere in the heart of the unforgiving quetico-superior wilderness, near the u.s. /canada border, a young woman named shiloh–a country-western singer at the height of her fame–has disappeared. cork o'connor joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two fbi agents, and a ten-year-old boy. others are on shiloh's trail as well–men hired not just to find her, but to kill her. as the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town's snowy streets. meanwhile, out on the boundary waters, winter falls hard. cork's team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a minnesota blizzard, death–violent and sudden–stalks their every move. – krueger's writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank. –publishers weekly – purgatory ridge not far from aurora, minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the anishinaabe tribe. when an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist karl lindstrom's nearby lumber mill, it's obvious where suspicion will fall. former sheriff cork o'connor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. for one thing, he is part anishinaabe. for another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe. meanwhile, near lindstrom's lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. and it soon becomes clear to cork that harmony, both at home and in aurora, will be on the back burner for some time. – a terrific read. in purgatory ridge, william kent krueger not only tells a cracking good suspense story, but he tells it with deep insight. he understands the eternal battles that draw good people into bad deeds. he understands heartbreak and hope. he understands violence and gentleness. i highly recommend this novel. –t. jefferson parker, new york times bestselling author of the jaguar

The latest in the new york times bestselling cork o’connor mystery series follows cork in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. the ancient ojibwe healer henry meloux has had a vision of his death. as he walks the northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. but peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named dolores morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, cork o’connor’s wife, to safety deep into the boundary waters, his home for more than a century. on the last journey he may ever take into this beloved land, meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries who follow. meanwhile, in aurora, cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for their relentless pursuit, but he has little to go on. desperate, cork begins tracking the killers but his own skills as a hunter are severely tested by nightfall and a late season snowstorm. he knows only too well that with each passing hour time is running out. but his fiercest enemy in this deadly game of cat and mouse may well be his own deep self-doubt about his ability to save those he loves. hardcover 1227ml

Three exciting cork o'connor mysteries in one package and only available as an ebook. includes an exclusive introduction by william kent krueger that describes his experience writing these first three novels in his new york times bestselling series. – iron lake part irish, part anishinaabe indian, corcoran cork o'connor is the former sheriff of aurora, minnesota. embittered by his former status and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, cork gets 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 a mind-jolting case of conspiracy, corruption, and scandal. – iron lake is an explosive brew: one part james ellroy, one part stephen king, one part jack london, and all parts terrific. a harrowing, unpredictable journey into the heart of the forest primeval where evil not only waits for you, but calls your name. a truly remarkable first novel; read it with someone watching your back. –david housewright, edgar award-winning author of curse of the jade lily – boundary waters somewhere in the heart of the unforgiving quetico-superior wilderness, near the u.s. /canada border, a young woman named shiloh–a country-western singer at the height of her fame–has disappeared. cork o'connor joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two fbi agents, and a ten-year-old boy. others are on shiloh's trail as well–men hired not just to find her, but to kill her. as the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town's snowy streets. meanwhile, out on the boundary waters, winter falls hard. cork's team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a minnesota blizzard, death–violent and sudden–stalks their every move. – krueger's writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank. –publishers weekly – purgatory ridge not far from aurora, minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the anishinaabe tribe. when an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist karl lindstrom's nearby lumber mill, it's obvious where suspicion will fall. former sheriff cork o'connor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. for one thing, he is part anishinaabe. for another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe. meanwhile, near lindstrom's lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. and it soon becomes clear to cork that harmony, both at home and in aurora, will be on the back burner for some time. – a terrific read. in purgatory ridge, william kent krueger not only tells a cracking good suspense story, but he tells it with deep insight. he understands the eternal battles that draw good people into bad deeds. he understands heartbreak and hope. he understands violence and gentleness. i highly recommend this novel. –t. jefferson parker, new york times bestselling author of the jaguar

The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the nazis called upon to help it succeed-a group of concentration-camp jews. only a fortnight after the start of world war ii, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, nazi leaders and officials of the german reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of british pounds. now, drawing upon top-secret bank records, german and british correspondence, and interrogation transcripts, award-winning journalist and author lawrence malkin reveals how an unremarkable ss officer named bernhard krueger attempted to bring down the world financial system. but when krueger discovered that forging pounds, and later dollars, was no easy task, he made a crucial decision: he would seek out the greatest counterfeiters of prewar europe and enlist them in the effort. he found them in an unexpected place: a nazi concentration camp.

The true story of the greatest counterfeiting scheme in history and the men the nazis called upon to help it succeed-a group of concentration-camp jews. only a fortnight after the start of world war ii, at a meeting that has remained a secret for more than half a century, nazi leaders and officials of the german reichsbank approved an audacious plot to counterfeit millions of british pounds. now, drawing upon top-secret bank records, german and british correspondence, and interrogation transcripts, award-winning journalist and author lawrence malkin reveals how an unremarkable ss officer named bernhard krueger attempted to bring down the world financial system. but when krueger discovered that forging pounds, and later dollars, was no easy task, he made a crucial decision: he would seek out the greatest counterfeiters of prewar europe and enlist them in the effort. he found them in an unexpected place: a nazi concentration camp.