From The Singing of the Dead, the eleventh Kate Shugak novel: Dawson City December 24, 1897 She walked out on stage wrapped in fifty yards of sheer white chiffon, a pair of high-heeled shoes with jeweled buckles, and nothing else. There was a second of stunned silence in the packed, smoky saloon, before deafening and…
From Midnight Come Again, the tenth Kate Shugak novel: Jim distinctly remembered “forklift operator” printed in the job title slot of the form he had filled out in Anchorage, and he did operate the battered old propane-powered forklift from time to time. When he could be spared from loading and unloading the Piper Super Cub,…
Excerpt from Hunter’s Moon, the ninth Kate Shugak novel: The nearest neighbor to the gold mine was a man named Crazy Emmett who lived in a cabin on a tiny lake five miles away. Crazy Emmett, an ex-history teacher from West High School in Anchorage, had retired at his earliest possible date of eligibility and…
Very funny, and if you’re looking for it (and even if you aren’t) really smart. Funny? The Willoughby brothers and their poor father, among many, many anecdotes. Smart? Bryson ends his experience of the Cuban missile crisis with “I haven’t trusted grown-ups for a single moment since.” There, in a sentence, the 60’s explained. …
From Killing Grounds, the eighth Kate Shugak novel: “She was mean to Mom.” “I know, but–“ “It’ll only make her wet the bed, Laverne, don’t be such a baby. You get her hand out from under the covers, I’ll fill the pan with water.” “Lauren! Caitlin! I’ve told you before, do not be drawn to…
Read more “You get her hand out from under the covers, I’ll fill the pan with water.”
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From Breakup, the seventh Kate Shugak novel: The Roadhouse door opened abruptly into the conversation, almost catching Mrs. Baker on the nose and smacking into Kate’s reflexively upraised hand. A man somersaulted out of the building to roll down the steps and fetch up flat on his back in a puddle of muddy slush. There…
Read more …a very minor courtier in an exceptionally regal retinue.
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From Blood Will Tell, the sixth Kate Shugak novel: It went like that for the next hour, the longest hour of Kate’s life. Alana was pleasant, knowledgeable, and terrifyingly efficient. Kate loathed her. She loathed the first three tops Alana presented for her inspection, too. The first was covered with gold and black sequins. “I…
Read more “Ruffles? Who do I look like, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?”
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