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A Taint in the Blood Hardcover – 24 September 2004

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In Dana Stabenow's strongest novel to date, Charlotte Mauravieff hires Aleutian P.I. Kate Shugak to clear her mother's name. Twenty years ago, her mother was convicted of murder, of setting fire to the family home while her two sons were inside. One died, and one narrowly escaped. Charlotte has always believed in her innocence, though the mother herself accepted the verdict and the life sentence without protest. Now she is terminally ill, and Charlotte wants her free. As Kate begins an investigation, the mother refuses to cooperate, but soon it seems she isn't the only one who wants to leave the past in the past.

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Publisher : Minotaur Books,US (24 September 2004)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0312306830
ISBN-13 : 978-0312306830
Dimensions : 16.05 x 2.95 x 24.69 cm

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Dana Stabenow, award-winning author of thirteen previous Kate Shugak mysteries, three Liam Campbell mysteries, and three science fiction novels, also writes an acclaimed column for "Alaska" magazine. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where she was born and raised.

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Highly recommended

Reviewed in Australia on 7 January 2018

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As always a great read, with lots of unexpected twists and turns. This book was a bit more saucy than what I had come to expect, but you can skip over those bits if you want. I don't like much sauce mixed in with my reading matter, but this one almost reached my limit. Enjoyed the book immensely nevertheless.
Kate Shugak, the chief protagonist in this series, is hired to investigate a 31-year old murder in Anchorage, and the murder rate keeps mounting. You may need to read some other books in the series to follow the nuances in this novel, or not - the author seems to have the ability to draw her readers into her web of characters and somehow they explain themselves. Read it, you'll love it.

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Bill Starke

great read

Reviewed in Australia on 27 October 2020

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I AM UO TO BOOK 16 AND THE SERRIES HAS BEEN CONSISENTLY BLOODY GOOD YARNS , HIGHLT RECOMENDED .bILL sTARKE cANOELANDS aUSTRALIA

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Kerry Mohan

Fascinating read

Reviewed in Australia on 9 November 2020

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Such an addictive series, I laugh, love, cry and live this series through Kate Shugak and the rest of the Park Rats!

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Dianne Ayres

Great story

Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2015

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Great read as always. She never disappoints

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Anne

Absorbing and amusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2012

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Kate Shugak is overwhelmed by gratefulness to the people who rebuilt her cabin after it was destroyed and it is causing her problems. She hates to feel beholden to anyone and has the need to return their generosity by acts of kindness. In a series of very funny scenes the author shows us how irritating and unwelcome Kate's repayment of gratitude is to the recipients. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when Kate is engaged to travel to Anchorage to look into a murder committed thirty years ago for which someone is still in jail. She becomes involved with the family of the victim, unearths secrets and finds herself in danger when someone feels threatened.

This is an entertaining suspense novel with a complex puzzle at the heart of it and set in a beautifully described landscape. The themes are much deeper than you would expect from the book's opening chapters. What makes the book particularly enjoyable, however, is the people. After a number of novels with Kate as the main character we have come to know and love her - we have been with her in the happy times and particularly in the sad ones. As Kate investigates she is reminded of her dead lover Jack but is also indulging in a flirtation with Jim Chopin. There are some touching and also some very funny scenes as she begins to explore this new relationship.

Best read as part of the novel sequence so that you can properly appreciate the characterisations and references to events in previous books. A high quality suspense novel where the mystery is just part of the enjoyment.

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Stephanie Johnson

CONSISTENTLY GOOD SERIES

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2013

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The most important criteria when reading any book is whether the author can hold my attention. I read voraciously and have done so since I was three years old, nearly 60 years now. I've read most of the British Classic authors as well as German, Spanish, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and so on. If the grammar and structure is poor, I lose interest. If the plot is wishy washy, I lose interest. If it's salacious or sentimentally romantic, I lose interest. If I find it pompous, verbose or pretentious, I lose interest. If the characters are weakly drawn, I lose interest. Betond that, I'll read almost anything! The Kate Shugak stories have held my interest from the beginning The series is set in Alaska, a place I've never visited nor knew much about. The writng, the lively dialogue, the colourful descriptions of a vast and sparsely populated land and the characters all held my attention and I've thoroughly enjoyed them. A couple at the beginning of the series were a little weak, but overall, I would highly recommend this series. This particular novel was as good a read as I'd come to expect from Dana Stabelow.

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maria simpson

This a fantastic book, part of a spell binding series by ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 May 2016

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This a fantastic book, part of a spell binding series by a amazing author. I read the entire series over and over again and have now bought them for my kindle. The paper copies are proudly standing on the shelf, thumbed and loved. Truly an author to recommend.

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Jazz Jane

Another cracking read...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2019

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A twisting turning mystery keeps you guessing intertwined with the stormy relationship between Kate and Jim. As usual I can't wait to visit Alaska!

littlemissred45

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2013

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Considering this is the 14 book in the Kate shugak series, you could easily think that the story line would be a bit tired, but this is not the case, as with the previous 13 books I find it very hard to put the book down. There seems no end to Dana's storytelling. The blossoming relationship between Kate and Jim is very satisfying. More of the same please Dana.

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