An excerpt from A Fatal Thaw, the second Kate Shugak novel: “The mail plane called the tower in Tok, the tower called me, and I got in the air right away. I’ve been hitting every homestead on the way in.” Kate walked around him and got the shotgun down from the rack over the door.…
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From A Cold Day for Murder, the first Kate Shugak novel: “So you sent in an investigator,” she said. “Yes.” “When? Exactly.” “Two weeks and two days ago, exactly.” “And now he’s missing, too.” “Yes.” “And you don’t think both of them could have stumbled into a snowdrift.” “No. Not when the investigator went in…
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In honor of the June 1st publication of the trade paperback edition of Silk and Song, a post from the Silk and Song blog tour from December 2017. I read The Adventures of Marco Polo and by his own account he loved the ladies. He was all over eastern Asia for twenty years in service to…
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This is one of those happy instances of the law of unintended writing consequences. On page 271 of Though Not Dead, Old Sam tells Pappardelle, “I served in the Aleutians during the war. There wasn’t a lot to do, so every now and then to keep the enlisted out of trouble the brass would get…
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And before you ask, yes, it’s narrated by Marguerite Gavin. I mean, come on, who else? Click here to pre-order.
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“The dialogue is smart, authentic, and reminiscent of Elmore Leonard.” —Publishers Weekly “Crime fiction doesn’t get much better than this.”–Booklist Kindle iBooks Nook Kobo And for those who prefer their books in print… Click here to order a signed copy. Ordering info for bookstores and libraries: About the audio edition: Tantor Media will be publishing the audio…
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Less Than a Treason (Head of Zeus, 9781786695697) receives a STARRED review in the May 1, 2017 issue. When Aleut PI Kate Shugak is shot in the chest at close range, trooper Jim Chopin, her lover, is wracked with guilt for not killing her assailant sooner. [redacted, spoilers] When human bones are found near her retreat, Kate…
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Or it was on Monday. Reproduced here in full for your pre-ordering pleasure. writes: Edgar-winner Stabenow’s richly nuanced, highly entertaining 21st Kate Shugak mystery (after 2013’s Bad Blood) finds the Alaskan PI, who’s recovering from a gunshot wound she suffered months before, enjoying her solitude at her isolated cabin at the foot of the Quilak…
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