A Cold Day For Murder
by:
Dana Stabenow (author)
It’s December in the Park, and a ranger is missing. It’s no great loss to the rest of the Park rats, they figure he’s stumbled into a snowbank and will re-emerge come breakup, just in time for the ground to thaw and them to bury him. But when the man sent to look for him also disappears, Kate...
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It’s December in the Park, and a ranger is missing. It’s no great loss to the rest of the Park rats, they figure he’s stumbled into a snowbank and will re-emerge come breakup, just in time for the ground to thaw and them to bury him. But when the man sent to look for him also disappears, Kate Shugak, ex-investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and Park homesteader, is sent in search of them both. First in the Kate Shugak series.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781590588734 (1590588738)
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Pages no: 166
Edition language: English
Series: Kate Shugak (#1)
AudiobookAnother book that proves I either have prognostication powers or I read it before. I kept thinking, "This sounds familiar" throughout the whole book. The mystery conclusion was really sad because things could have turned out so much better if people would stop thinking only about themselves...
3.8 starsWonderful first book in a series, I am hooked. Alaskan setting, tough Alaskan woman with scars, fab dog/wolf sidekick, and snarky side characters all wrapped around a decent story ! Ding ding winner ! The cast in this story are offbeat, and maybe a touch crazy, which makes them even more en...
"Good characters. Story showing its age"I'm one of those folks who has to go back to the begining of a series. In this case the downside of that was that this story starts to feel a little slow and a little old fashioned, although I'm sure it was leading edge when it was published.The book has a str...
I lived in Fairbanks briefly as a young child, and around my fascination with this mystery I found my tongue trying to curve and flip its way through exotic yet familiar words. I fell in love with Kate, laughed my way through the bush, and was reminded of how brutal, heartbreaking, and majestic Alas...
A bit of info-dumping, but a nice start to the series. Short, so I think I'll go straight to the next one.