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A Cold day for Murder by Dana Stabenow is the first book in the Kate Shugak Mystery series. Former investigator for the Anchorage D.A., Kate Shugak is asked to find a missing park ranger and a missing investigator who was sent to look for him. I liked the setting and the descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness but I had a hard time getting into the story. It seemed rather drawn out and I wasn't able to connect with any of the characters. There wasn't anything to make me want to continue with this
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Not sure why it's taken me so long to start this series. I really liked it and will be reading more!!
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Former District Attorney Investigator, Kate Shugak, retired after having her throat cut while capturing a serial killer. Both physically and emotionally scarred she now lives alone on her 160 acre homestead in Alaska. When a rookie park ranger and son of a congressmen goes missing in a huge wilderness area known as the 1CPark 1D an investigator and friend of Kate's is sent to find him and now he's missing too. Former lover and boss, Jack Morgan, convinces her to go looking for the missing men be
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After a horrifying experience while investigating a domestic situation for the Anchorage DA's office 18 months ago, Aleut Kate Shugak has quit and retreated to her father's homestead in one of Alaska's national parks. But when ex-lover Jack Morgan comes asking for her help looking for two missing investigators she is drawn back in, having to deal with the closed close knit Aleut community that doesn't cooperate with white authority or any members who don't adhere to cultural traditions. Very inf
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How is it that this is book one in the series, but I still feel like I missed a book? All of the characters seem to know way more than I did about what was going on, so I felt more like an interloper than a fan invested in their lives. Oh, and while you are on the internet go ahead and look up the word kinnikinnick...you will want to know what it means and this will save you one interruption.
A second read of this one, can't wait to read a more recent one in this series.
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Jan 03, 2016
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