Historical mystery

Ordinary Grace

by William Kent Krueger

Thirteen-year-old Frank Drum remembers the Minnesota summer of 1961, when several deaths shattered his family and altered his understanding of the adults around him. His Methodist minister father responds through faith, while his grieving mother, gifted sister, younger brother, and damaged neighbors struggle with different forms of silence. The discovery of a murder draws Frank toward truths about love, prejudice, and forgiveness that childhood cannot comfortably contain. Tender and sorrowful, this coming-of-age novel suits readers who want family drama, small-town mystery, spiritual questions, and grace that remains ordinary precisely because it must be practiced amid loss.