Lightning Strike Summary
William Kent Krueger

Lightning Strike Overview

In William Kruegar's mystery novel, Lightning Strike, Liam O'Connor and his 12-year-old son named Cork are pulled into the mystery of who killed an Indian man named Big John and an Indian teen named Louise. Set in Tamarack County, Minnesota, the story places Liam and Cork in the center of the prejudice between races as they follow “crumbs” of information that lead them to discover the three men responsible. The novel's main themes are prejudice, responsibility, and the roles of evidence and emotions in solving a mystery.