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Kate Shugak used to be an investigator for the DA in Anchorage – until she was seriously injured. Now she lives a reclusive life on the edge of a national park, her familial land where she was raised. When a young park ranger goes missing people assume the winter weather got to the inexperienced “Outsider.” But when the seasoned investigator sent to track him down also disappears it’s clear that something more than weather is involved. The ranger’s father is a U.S. Congressman and he brings in t
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It is OK. This is a murder-mystery with an interesting setting--a national park in Alaska. The protagonist, Kate Shugak, is a Native Alaskan who has returned to near the village where she grew up. There is a little humor and some pathos. There is a snap shot of the conflicts around natural resources and development on Federal land. Stabenow also visits the challenges faced by the native peoples through the story.
The plot is fairly standard except that Kate Shugak is related to almost all the ch ...more
The plot is fairly standard except that Kate Shugak is related to almost all the ch ...more
This book started out slowly - there was far too much 'information dump' and not enough story at least for the first couple of chapters. Although finding out about Alaska was interesting, it could have been done in a much more entertaining way. However, the story picked up as Kate starts investigating what is looking more and more like a double murder and by the end of the book, I was really enjoying it. It seems to be an interesting, and very different crime series.
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this was Ok but very little meat to the bones of the mystery.
Dana Stabenow was a new author for me, and I really enjoyed this first book in the Kate Shugan series.
Kate is a woman who had been seriously injured while working a case and had now secluded herself to heal. But, when she is asked to find two missing men who have disappeared while in "the Park" (her home territory), she reluctantly agrees. Does it help that the man asking is someone she once cared for? Hmmm.
I loved the action and pace of this book, and I loved the characters who grow in depth du ...more
Kate is a woman who had been seriously injured while working a case and had now secluded herself to heal. But, when she is asked to find two missing men who have disappeared while in "the Park" (her home territory), she reluctantly agrees. Does it help that the man asking is someone she once cared for? Hmmm.
I loved the action and pace of this book, and I loved the characters who grow in depth du ...more
First of the Kate Shugak series. It's a good series, based in Alaska, and evoking the wildness of the wilderness. Decent crime mysteries. The heroine is a native Alaskan who returned to 'the Park' after working for the DAs office in Ancorage and is now its unofficial private detective.
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A quick read, so-so mystery with interesting cultural context.
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