Characters in Tamarack County

Cork O'Connor

Private investigator, tracing a chain of attacks back to a conviction he helped secure as a deputy.

Also in Indianischer Winter, Iron Lake, Boundary Waters, Purgatory Ridge, Mercy Falls, Copper River, Thunder Bay, Red Knife, Heaven's Keep, Vermilion Drift

Stephen O'Connor

Cork's son, attacked during the blizzard.

Also in Heaven's Keep, Manitou Canyon, Desolation Mountain, Apostle's Cove

Evelyn Carter

A retired judge's wife who disappears in the storm.

Rainy Bisonette

Henry Meloux's great-niece, and Cork's partner.

Also in Windigo Island, Manitou Canyon, Sulfur Springs, Fox Creek