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Midnight Come Again (Kate Shugak #10)
by
Dana Stabenow (Goodreads Author)
Kate, a former investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and now a p.i. for hire, is missing after a winter spent in mourning. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin, Kate's best friend, needs her to help him work a new case. He discovers her hiding out in Bering, a small fishing village on Alaska's western coast, living and working under an assumed name -- working hard, as 18-hou...more
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Published
May 15th 2001
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published 2000)
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MIDNIGHT COME AGAIN was my introduction to Dana Stabenow and Kate Shugak. In this I was lucky, because earlier books in the series were out of print by then, and MCA was the earliest one on the shelf at Borders. It represents a turning point of sorts in Kate's life, so while I had to infer the backstory from what some readers would shun as spoilers for previous books, I could live with that.
Actually, I would have been able to live with it anyway. Nothing, including spoilers, can spo...more
Actually, I would have been able to live with it anyway. Nothing, including spoilers, can spo...more
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Mary JL
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An absolutely top-notch entry in Stabenow's Kate Shugak series. It has several extra pluses here. First, it takes place away from Kate and Jim's usual stomping grounds in Niniltna and The Park, so we get a new Alaskan city as a background--and Stabenow knows Alaska well!
Second, since Jim and Kate are both working incognito, they do not have the backing of all their usual clan of friends
Third, Stabenow cleverly shifts the point of view back and forth from Jim to Kate. U...more
Second, since Jim and Kate are both working incognito, they do not have the backing of all their usual clan of friends
Third, Stabenow cleverly shifts the point of view back and forth from Jim to Kate. U...more
I stayed up til the wee hours with this one! Kate Shugak has left her homestead, changed her name, and abandoned her friends in her deep grief. Meanwhile, Jim Chopin has been tapped to go undercover by the FBI to trace a Russian Mafia plutonium smuggling scheme. Off he goes to Bering, where he takes a job as a freight handler at the local airstrip. Imagine his surprise when the other employee turns out to be Kate! This novel features Jim Chopin prominently and much of it is told from his po...more
After the tragic events of Hunter's Moon, Alaskan PI Kate Shugak disappears from the Park and Jim Chopin sets out to find her. The question for readers of the Kate Shugak series isn't so much WHERE is Kate, but HOW is she? Chopper Jim finds her hiding out in Bering, nursing her wounds - both figurative and literal.
Ultimately this book is about grief and survival, and surviving grief. It has huge doses of Stabenow's unique blend of cinematic action to keep you on the edge of your seat i...more
Ultimately this book is about grief and survival, and surviving grief. It has huge doses of Stabenow's unique blend of cinematic action to keep you on the edge of your seat i...more
I've not reviewed any of the other fourteen Kate Shugak novels, simply because it would be redundant; however, for shear entertainment purposes, you cannot beat this series of novels.
Not only did I love the Kate Shugak character, I want to BE Kate Shugak. :-) She's tiny but mighty, and if you piss her off she'll kick your @$$ and take your $hit, and if she doesn't do it, her dog, Mutt, will.
These novels also gave me a desire to visit Alaska that I admit has been somewhat te...more
Not only did I love the Kate Shugak character, I want to BE Kate Shugak. :-) She's tiny but mighty, and if you piss her off she'll kick your @$$ and take your $hit, and if she doesn't do it, her dog, Mutt, will.
These novels also gave me a desire to visit Alaska that I admit has been somewhat te...more
I meant, this month, to read books that won't distract me from work. Instead, I dropped everything to finish this reread. A splendid character study centering around Kate and Jim, but of course, their world is part of them.
How long can Kate run from grief? As soon as she gathers her courage and turns to face it, she runs smack into the solution, a moving plot twist on the last page. Don't you dare look!
How long can Kate run from grief? As soon as she gathers her courage and turns to face it, she runs smack into the solution, a moving plot twist on the last page. Don't you dare look!
I have not read her great Kate Shugat series for awhile, but got this one free on my Nook. So glad I did, for I forgot how much I like her. The characters are strong and likable, and not perfect. The stories, based in Alaska, always have interesting information about the area. And the plots are always exciting and keep you wondering. I'm glad she's back in my reading life again.
Another good one in the Kate Shugak series - this time with Russian Mafia as the bad guys. Besides my favorite character, the half wolf half Husky, Mutt, a wonderful new character - 10 year old Stephanie the science whiz. Alaska is the main star as in all these books.
Still reeling from the loss of her longtime boyfriend, Kate is working crazy hours at a charter air business in Bering. Trooper Jim Chopin is sent there to determine if nuclear material is bring smuggled into the U.S. and he and Kate hook up to solve the case, with both having close brushes with death along the way. Kate also discovers her grandmother kept personal secrets in Bering.
This is the 9th in the Kate Shugak series, and the first book I've read in the series. It wasn't hard to follow, though I hadn't read the others, but I think I was missing an emotional connection to the characters that would have made this book more enjoyable. The mystery/suspense was ok, but nothing special. A much better read from this author was her stand-alone novel, Blindfold Games.
Excellent; Continuing character: Kate Shugak; Kate is missing after death of her lover (in previous book); trooper Chopper Jim is going undercover in attempt to capture Russian Mafia members in Bering and finds her; together they solve mystery.
How could a book this bad have a rating of 4.13? A rating this far off makes me suspect the validity of the rating system. The only thing it has going for it is that it is set in Alaska, and even that doesn't salvage this one...
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My first outing with the Kate Shugak Mysteries and I have to say I was hooked and promptly ordered some of the others to read. The books are set in Alaska and the country, the people and storylines make the books unputdownable :)
The novel after Hunter's Moon, this one doesn't focus on Kate but on Jim Chopper, a friend. The character's weren't really strong but the plot was very good, not much action, the suspense is a little laid back.
I'm catching up on this series after not reading for a few years. Thoroughly enjoyable and well written. I think I'm hooked again.
Ongoing character. The personal dilemmas of the protagonist and 2ndary character overwhelmed the mystery. Too many POVs, not ANY whodunit.
Well, I finished my first Alaska Stabenow's Kate Shugak novel. This is the 10th novel but I did not feel that I was missing a lot even though there was a lot of pre-novel action that was ultimately revealed. This was much more sophisticated than I had expected. the Russian mob, pluonium, etc. The story moved along quickly. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the Alaskan village life and the local people and life. Hope we get to see similar things in July! I did not know however that the a...more
Alaska based mystery series with a strong AK Native woman as lead character
Mutt Lives! Teaser ending, very pyschological episode
As always a good read. Now off to the next in the series.
Kate is my Juliet...
I have fond memories of reading parts of this mystery series some years back, despite Stabenow's penchant for putting her PI heroine through the emotional wringer. This one didn't do it for me, though - too much exposition about Russians/the FBI/the undercover mission and not enough about the Alaskan landscape and Native community that drew me to the series in the first place. Probably not a good place to start in the series either, as there are serious spoilers for earlier books.
I love this series and I make a point of always looking for more at the used book store. I've read maybe 5 of them and this was my favorite.
Marcia Wood
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i've read all of Stabenow's Alaska books and am starting on her new ones. after living in Alaska, I can tell you no one gives a truer feel of what that means; weather, solitude, community, some of the work that is a little bit different there. and her characters are real enough to bite you, and keep you up at night, and make you wish you knew them in person.
Kate Shugak is an amazing character.
Another great novel in this series. I really enjoy how the author paints her characters as real people - flaws, weaknesses and all. Well written, lots of action and twists.
Probably my favorite Kate Shugak story so far. It's about love, friendship and grief and recovery. And new lives entering Kate's even as others depart.
Transition novel -- I hope. Redefining / refreshing the main character.
One of the more harrowing of the Shugak mysteries.
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Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. Her first science fiction novel, Second Star, sank without a trace, her first crime fiction novel, A Cold Day for Murder, won an Edgar award, her first thriller, Blindfold Game, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and...more
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