Warning: Spoilers spoken here. And a contest! With prizes! Scroll down for details.* It’s the Super Cub. It’s basic transportation in Bush Alaska and in Kate19 it is also the murder weapon. (And even if you took all that away, there is that fabulous Head of Zeus cover above. Although if you’re taking off from…
On the other side of the door, the two men in the almost identical uniforms exchanged a long, expressionless stare. Finally Jim said in a voice entirely without inflection, “Liam,” and nodded at a chair. “Have a seat.” “Thanks, Jim.” Campbell unzipped the heavy blue jacket and sat down. There was silence. “How long you…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. Man, I havered over this one. My pick going in was the secret drawer, or drawers, the one in Auntie Joy’s armoire that contained the manuscript, the one in Jim’s father’s writing desk that held the clue to his true parentage, and of course the one in Old Sam’s compass, which…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. The Suulutag mine, of course, and more specifically, gold, and most specifically of all, Alaska’s mineral resources. I’m just going to cut and past Megan’s comment here because really, what else is there to say? The Park’s Suulutaq mine is of course based on the Pebble Mine, the most controversial issue…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. This was a hard one, specifically because of dueling recommendations for the copy of Robert’s Rules of Order Jim gave Kate for Christmas and the fishing line used to commit the murder. Megan said [Jim] knew, in this instance how completely out of her element she was, and found a way…
1918 Niniltna The black death didn’t get to Alaska until November. When it did, it cut down almost everyone in its path. The territorial governor imposed a quarantine and restricted travel into the Interior, stationing U.S. Marshals at all ports, trailheads and river mouths to interdict travel between communities. He issued a special directive urging…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. I’m just gonna cut and paste Megan’s comment in its entirety here. As Penny said, she truly did drop the mike. My heart always breaks a little when I write about Willard. He is the innocent victim of a disease we see all too often here in Alaska. That doesn’t mean…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. Some of you said Jim, but you weren’t working hard enough. Think Max. “Alaska’s Mounties,” he repeated, “that was us, the territorial police. TPs, they called us. Weren’t that many of us. I remember figuring once that if you divided the square miles of Alaska by the number of state…
After many long years of being available only in e and in tatterdemalion used copies, the first nine Kate Shugak novels are back in print with snazzy new cover art. Buy links below. A Cold Day for MurderThe first Kate Shugak novel. A Park ranger goes missing,and so does the investigator sent in after him.…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. There were some eloquent pleas for the glacier and the photo album in the comments, but the cabin has it. It was the cabin her father built to prove up on his homestead, it was where Stephan brought Zoya as his wife, it was where Kate was born, it was where…
