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A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak Novels) Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1992
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBerkley
- Publication dateJune 1, 1992
- Dimensions4.2 x 0.53 x 6.74 inches
- ISBN-10042513301X
- ISBN-13978-0425133019
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- Publisher : Berkley (June 1, 1992)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 042513301X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0425133019
- Item Weight : 4.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.2 x 0.53 x 6.74 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #16,995 in Amateur Sleuths
- #27,327 in Women Sleuths (Books)
- #212,618 in Genre Literature & Fiction
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About the author
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 (but has since been resurrected as an e-book), 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. The Land Beyond, the final third of her historical trilogy about Marco Polo's granddaughter, Silk and Song, was published in October 2015. At present she is at work on the 21st Kate Shugak novel.
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Dana also set up a compelling mystery in her story. Unlike some mysteries, where I feel cheated at the big reveal because sufficient evidence was not given to solve the mystery, I felt very satisfied at the end of "A Cold Day." I was incorrect in my guess (dam!), but I was almost right, and knew immediately why the guilty person had to be guilty.
This was a wonderful, easy, well-paced read. I loved when Dana gave over into her more literary instincts and painted breathtaking pictures of the Alaskan wilderness where this story is set. There isn't one reason not to give this book a chance, even if mystery is not your typical genre.
Give "A Cold Day for Murder" a read. You won't be sorry you did!
I often have problems with the early works of many authors. I sometimes sense a manic desire for making a good impression on the world's readers, often with disastrous results. Even Ernest Hemingway didn't escape my wrath in that regard. But Stebenow seems to have found her own way with an intriguing plot, concise prose, and clarity of scenic ambiance. The characters are carefully presented and, although there are a lot of them, flow through the narrative without falling all over each other.
Alaska is a magnificent land with deeply ingrained traditions and reading about it is generally thrilling for me. There are some hacks that clutter up the scenery but, for the most part, there is a proliferation of writers who do a wonderful job of producing epic tales from the Great Land. Dana Stebenow, a daughter of Alaska, knows the people and the country and has continued the tradition of putting together an intriguing story.
There is some triteness in her narrative and stiffness in her dialogue. But they are not flagrant enough to put the reader off the story. A damaged investigator, Shugat, reluctantly accepts the challenge of solving the disappearance of a park ranger and another investigator who vanished while attempting the same thing. Shugat has to weave her way through ex-lovers, dysfunctional family members, and erratically behaving natives, all of whom have different motives for seeing her fail as she tries to resolve the sudden evaporation of two men. The maze she has to travel is difficult because of the frozen environment and human obstacles she finds in her path. The ending is no shocker, but the author has made it logical and credible.
I liked this book and I think you will as well. I'll have no problem reading more of Stebenow's books, hoping to see continuing good plots, more of her great scene setting, and the tighter writing style that comes with experience.
Schuyler T Wallace
Author of TIN LIZARD TALES
Almost two years ago, the very beautiful, skilled, intelligent, accomplished full blooded Aleut Kate Shugak resigned her position as a detective for the Anchorage District Attorney's. Her four years as one of the most successful sex crimes investigators came to screeching halt.
After a life and death traumatic situation, Kate heads to her refuge on her father's primitive homestead cabin in the Alaskian Bush located in a national park in the interior of Alaska. She is soon surrounded by her "village" of family & friends that are "blood" bound to help her heal. She is one of the descendants of a very powerful family lineage that she has deliberately ignored for 8 years but soon realizes what an important part she plays in the intricate design of such a powerful and magnificent race of people.
Kate is recovering and exploring her new life back home content with baking bread every day, hunting, fishing and storing her food along with chopping her own wood and doing odd jobs here and there to get by. Her calm peaceful new life is interrupted when her ex-boss & ex-lover (hunky & yummy)Jack Morgan shows up unexpectedly to ask for her help in locating a missing Park Ranger and the missing detective that was sent in to locate him. It just happens to be one of the coldest Decembers in recent memory.
Kate has to make a decision. Is it time to get back to work and put all of that education & experience to good use or tell Jack to take a hike? Is Kate willing to take her devoted companion(Mutt)which happens to be 1/2 husky & 1/2 wolf along with her to track what on earth could have happened to this Park Ranger & the detective that was sent in after him?
Kate has to deal with her formidable, demanding & manipulating grandmother which is Tribal Native Chief, Ekaterina Shugak, when she suspects that one of her own family members may be involved. Just to spice everything up the local state trooper, Jim Chopin, seems to keep popping up.
Excellent read.....and series.
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Kate Shugak is an Aleut, a member of a historic native Alaskan tribe. She lives in a national park, having retreated to her home after leaving her job as an investigator working for the Alaska District Attorney. She has survived having her throat cut, but the emotional scars are as real as the scar around her throat. She lives alone, with only her wolf-dog Mutt for company, spending her days keeping her simple cabin in perfect order, and she has no wish to meet the outside world again. She is persuaded to investigate the disappearance of a senator's son and the investigator sent to look for him. Her family are involved in the investigation and we learn that they are insular, hard-talking, hard-swearing and hard-living Aleuts who give no quarter when challenged. Every step of the investigation is tough for Kate and it moves to an intense, dramatic and moving ending.
Dana Stabenow is a very accomplished writer, with a rather beautiful turn of phrase and a gift for inventing compelling, fascinating characters. The book ended in a satisfactory manner and I really wanted to read the next book, so that I could discover Alaska in a different season. Very good indeed!