A Fatal Thaw (Kate Shugak, #2) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 10, 2024 Book Concierge rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library, alaska, concierge, strong-women, audio, detective, native-american, series, survival, mystery

Book on CD narrated by Marguerite Gavin.

Book number two in the mystery series featuring Aleut private investigator Kate Shugack. This one starts with a bang, as a deranged serial killer goes on a rampage killing people at random. Kate (along with her trusty wolf-Husky mix, Mutt) stops the guy. Case solved. Or is it?

Stabenow writes a great thriller/mystery. I love the setting in a very rural part of Alaska, and the way she incorporates some Aleut culture into the mix. Kate is a very strong woman ...more

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Jan 01, 2017 Olivermagnus rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, usa, 2017, alaska

Private Detective Kate Shugak, a former investigator with the district attorney's office, lives on an isolated homestead in Alaska near Denali National Park. Local resident, Roger McAniff, has gone on a rampage, killing nine people before Kate can stop him. Ballistics tests prove Roger killed eight of the dead, but Lisa Getty was killed by someone else. Kate starts investigating who in Lisa's life might be motivated to kill her and discovers Lisa's secret life of drug dealing, promiscuity, and e ...more

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May 03, 2024 Marla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, girl-power, audiobook, unlimited, paranormal, challenged, adult, made-me-laugh, series, ghosts

Kate knew who the killer was the whole time, but it took me longer.

Likes:
* Mutt, Kate's wolf-dog
* Kate Shugak, former DA investigator
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Dec 25, 2019 Brenda H rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars. Review to come

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Oct 01, 2017 Chris rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, mystery, series, native-american

I must be a hard woman to please, because I didn’t like this book anywhere near as much as most reviewers. I like the setting, a fictional national park in Alaska where Kate Shugak keeps a homestead after leaving her job in the Anchorage DA’s office. I love her half-wolf, half-huskie companion Mutt. And I like a lot of the other people who seem to be “regulars” in the series. I generally like Kate. But I didn’t like a number of things she did in this story. One morning a deranged man goes on a k I must be a hard woman to please, because I didn’t like this book anywhere near as much as most reviewers. I like the setting, a fictional national park in Alaska where Kate Shugak keeps a homestead after leaving her job in the Anchorage DA’s office. I love her half-wolf, half-huskie companion Mutt. And I like a lot of the other people who seem to be “regulars” in the series. I generally like Kate. But I didn’t like a number of things she did in this story. One morning a deranged man goes on a killing spree. By the time he’s done, 10 people are dead. Except one of them was killed with a different gun. Kate is hired to find the other killer. This will take her around and about on her snow machine and up into the mountains where she faces danger from both the killer and mother nature. The problem is that it is all completely unnecessary.
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Also, while I read the first one, I listened to this one, narrated by Marguerite Gavin. I’ve read a lot of reviews by people who just love her performances on this series. I find her attempt to read in a really “hard-boiled” style very irritating.
Sorry, this one just didn’t work for me.
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Jan 28, 2017 Nancy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime

I don't think I'd class this series as a complex crime series - the 'whodunnit' was reasonably obvious. But the location is fabulous and very different which is what sets this series apart. I think I enjoyed reading it for that alone. ...more

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Sep 27, 2024 Linda C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cultural, suspense-thriller, mystery, native-american

The first day of spring in Alaska shows signs of thawing at Kate Shugak's cabin. But for Roger McAniff it is the beginning of his killing spree which brings him to Kate's backyard. But stopping a killer is not the end of the story. One victim was killed by a different rifle and Kate is asked to track down this killer. Kate is a no-nonsense methodical and intuitive half Aleut private investigator who knows all the people who live in the Alaskan National Park. I enjoy learning about the culture of ...more

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Jul 23, 2010 Barbara ★ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2010, x-set-in-usa-alaska, mystery-cozy, h-h-minority

Once again, I absolutely loved this book but probably because I love Alaska. I find all the little every day things interesting and I like the interpersonal relationships between such close neighbors in the wilderness of the great state of Alaska. Interestingly enough this is the exact same stuff I hate in other books. The mystery in interesting and the way Kate breaks it down is fascinating.

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Jan 04, 2023 Chaitra rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: private-eye, mystery, part-of-a-series, crime-fiction

I wasn't really keen on the first book of the series, but this one was better. I'm not sure if that is because my expectations were low, or because (view spoiler) I'm not still sure about the human characters of this series, but I do like Mutt. ...more

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