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KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine – and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her.

A COLD DAY FOR MURDER.
Somewhere in twenty million acres of forest and glaciers, a ranger has disappeared: Mark Miller. Missing six weeks. It's assumed by the Alaskan Parks Department that Miller has been caught in a snowstorm and frozen to death, the typical fate of those who get lost in this vast and desolate terrain. But as a favour to his congressman father, the FBI send in an investigator: Ken Dahl. Last heard from two weeks and two days ago.Now it's time to send in a professional. Kate Shugak: light brown eyes, black hair, five foot tall with an angry scar from ear to ear. Last seen yesterday...

Length: 173 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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'An antidote to sugary female sleuths: Kate Shugak, the Aleut private investigator' New York Times. 'One of the strongest voices in crime fiction' Seattle Times. 'Stabenow is blessed with a rich prose style and a fine eye for detail. An outstanding series' Washington Post. 'A darkly compelling view of life in the Alaskan bush, well laced with lots of gallows humor. Her characters are very believable, the story lines are always suspenseful, and every now and then she lets a truly vile villain be eaten by a grizzley. Who could ask for more?' Sharon Penman. 'For those who like series, mysteries, books with rich, idiosyncratic settings, engaging characters, Strong Women and reasonably hot sex on occasion ... let me recommend Dana Stabenow' Diana Gabaldon. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Dana Stabenow, born in Alaska and raised on a 75-foot fish tender, is the author of the award-winning, bestselling Kate Shugak series. The first book in the series, A Cold Day for Murder, received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B07F2N3PRB
Publisher : Head of Zeus (1 September 2018)
Language: : English
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Print length : 173 pages

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A brilliant first book

Reviewed in Australia on 9 May 2018

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This was my second reading of this book and just as enjoyable. Kate Shugak is a little powerhouse with a background of Aluet customs, relationship to country, and family ties. She has transferred to the outside as an investigator.

As this story opens she is recuperating from a nearly deadly attack and possibly a love affair. She has shut herself away in her cabin. Her old boss comes back to ask her the find a missing Park Ranger. Not unusual in this harsh climate but he was a Senator's son. Also missing is an investigator who had been one of her love interests and who had been sent to find the Ranger.

We then Are introduced to a range of characters. Her foster father and Grandmother. Who represent the outsiders and the old ways respectively. The rest of the cast of crazy people who are found in a remote Alaskan area. And of course Jack the local police presence and another old flame who is a love hate former lover. And most importantly Mutt the half wolf who guards Kate except for matters of the heart. Mutt betrays Kate to people she judges to be worthy.

The murders are peculiar to the wild unforgiving country with hard and crazy characters. The investigation uses the close relationships to track down suspects and also discard them.

The final resolution is totally unexpected and well hidden till the end. All in all a very satisfying story and I am going to buy more. It does give a good read on tensions in Alaska without taking sides.

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A must read - highly recommend this book!!

Reviewed in Australia on 24 December 2016

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Have read several titles by this Author, and this one was another via audio-book. Dana Stabenow has now cemented herself as my favourite author.
This story-line pulled no punches, told it how it was and if you didn't like it you would have to be so damned hard to please!
Kate Shugak is a young woman with a few demons in her backpack - but isn't it good not to have a heroine (or hero for that matter) who isn't glamorous and perfect! I for one like characters who are wholly human, and I could relate to Kate as if I had known her all my life. Her life was hard and probably lonely compared to most - though she was comfortable in her own skin doing her thing - catching the baddies. Loved it. Highly recommended.

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Marney Black

I'll be reading more of these!

Reviewed in Australia on 20 August 2020

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I enjoyed this book, it's well written and edited, and the storyline flows well. Kate is a more likable character than I expected, and the Alaskan setting makes for something a bit different to the average detective/mystery story. I expected the dog to have a larger part in the story, but perhaps that will happen in future books. I will be buying more in this series.

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Marquinius

Cold murder

Reviewed in Australia on 24 October 2018

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Very good story telling, with very alive people and murder being coldly realistic. Nature is awesome. Overall it made me realise I have no clue about life up there, being an Outsider.

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I really enjoyed this book

Reviewed in Australia on 17 October 2014

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I really enjoyed this book. I do love reading about other countries and Dana Stabenow did bring her part of Alaska alive. Kate, the heroine is well portrayed and the people she's involved with very much three dimensional and interesting.
I did wonder if there was too much description, but noticed once she got it across she left it to the reader to fill in the surrounding details.
Love Mut her dog. A most enjoyable time out for me

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A visit down memory lane

Reviewed in Australia on 11 December 2018

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I had read several Kate Shugak mysteries before, borrowed from the library, but I had never read the first one. I love this series with all the colourful characters of the Alaskan wilderness. A fantastic read.

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Deborah Pidgeon

Something Different

Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2020

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Love all the Kate Shugak novels which are a refreshing change from all the other books of this genre. I have read a few of the books in this addictive series and really need to get my hands on the rest of them.

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Raysworld

Unusual location.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 September 2017

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Good story well written had a good build up to the conclusion. Was a little predictable at times but overall a great read. The body of the story was, well couldn't put it down it was that good.
The description of the location was very detailed and created a lot of interest.

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Sunshine

A Cold Day for Murder

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2019

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Not only was this book recommended to me but it had some great reviews, therefore i suggested it to our book club.

I really wanted this to be a good read. It sounded a little different, especially the setting and the characters. Unfortunately it was not my favourite read. It was ok but i have to admit it was easy to put down then pick up.

I found it slow going and a bit boring. Weather and living conditions were harsh and you got a good feel of what it is like. The characters saved it a bit for me but even they were annoying.......actually, thinking about that.....I am sure some of them were meant to be annoying, especially as Katya was hampered at every turn with her investigation. For a short'ish story it seemed to take forever to read.

I was hovering over two or three stars, i decided on three because of the characters.

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Melancholie

Set in wintry Alaska at Christmas, the story follows ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2018

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Set in wintry Alaska at Christmas, the story follows Aleut Kate as she visits family, friends and childhood neighbours on the reservation where she grew up as she tries to find a missing park ranger and the investigator previously sent to find him.

This one starts off well but at the point where Kate realises what has happened to the two men, despite the author not revealing to the reader the evidence which led her to her conclusion or indeed what her conclusion is, the outcome is fairly obvious. This did spoil a little bit what had otherwise been an interesting tale. I prefer a mystery that I am not able to work out.

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firipa

not my cup of tea

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2019

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I love female detective series (Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone being my fav), but I found this is a very poor attempt at a detective novel. Forty pages in until the main character finally starts her investigation... Characters are not introduced properly, they show up in conversations and leave me wondering who they are and why they were mentioned. This is also not written in the first person, it's a third person narration, which I don't find particularly appealing in this type of books. Dialogues are poor and add nothing to the story. Why was the FBI involved? Who are the people whom Kate visits and why does she visit them? Why the constant place naming without any information as if I should be familiar with the geography of Alaska? Why so many descriptions of useless facts (houses, clothes, etc)? So many questions... it was frustrating to just read the first 40 pages.

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emailbod

Not for me.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2016

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Everyone gave this a glowing write up and I so wanted to like, it was a different author and a different setting. Sad to say I only read 60% of it, went to pick up kindle to continue to read, and I thought You know I really do not care what happens next. So I deleted it. I found it slow going, and there seemed not a lot of point to the whole thing. I thought Katya would have been trekking out into the Park wilderness, and she would battle the snow and the cold, etc. Instead of which by 60% she had not left the village. Interesting to read about the Aleuts and there problems, but even that was a long moan.
Sorry maybe others will seen more in it than me.

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Feistyb

Awesome - a whodunnit with a difference

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2015

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Very very good, a slow build, slow burn mystery with a funny, sharp, tough yet emotional heroine, a fabulous half dog half wolf and a part time lover for rampant sex on occasion. A young park ranger goes missing as does the FBI agent sent to find him and Kate Shugak is reluctantly persuaded by the DA's office to go looking for them. We meet a host of characters that will crop up in later novels and learn about Kate's past; there is also some cracking scenery and historical information that you absorb almost unconsciously when reading, it never feels forced. I really enjoyed this and am working my way through them - it's nice to have a whodunnit that slowly builds and does not rely on shock tactics, instead you get realistically drawn, slightly-flawed characters who are intriguing to say the least. You are constantly reminded of just how amazing the Alaskan landscape is but personally, it's captured my imagination and I want to go there!!

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