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A Cold Day for Murder: A Kate Shugak Mystery (Kate Shugak Mysteries) Hardcover – February 1, 2011

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It’s December in the Park, and a ranger is missing. It’s no great loss to the rest of the Park rats, they figure he’s stumbled into a snowbank and will re-emerge come breakup, just in time for the ground to thaw and them to bury him. But when the man sent to look for him also disappears, Kate Shugak, ex-investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and Park homesteader, is sent in search of them both.
 
First in the Kate Shugak series.

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    A Kate Shugak Investigation
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    Poisoned Pen Press
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    February 1, 2011
  6. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.75 x 8.52 inches
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    9781590588734
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"[A]n enjoyable and well-written yarn."--Publishers Weekly
 

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I was born in Anchorage, Alaska on March 27, 1952, and raised on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska.She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Alaska. After graduation she spent one more summer knee-deep in humpies and blew everything she earned on a four-month backpacking trip to Europe. There, she discovered English pubs, German beer and Irish men.

She enrolled UAA’s MFA program and wrote her published her first novel. Her Kate Shugak series won the Edgar Award for Best New Mystery in 1993.  Her 18th book in the series is due out in Feb 2011.

 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1590588738
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Poisoned Pen Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781590588734
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590588734
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.52 inches
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Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing.

Her first science fiction novel, Second Star, sank without a trace (but has since been resurrected as an e-book), her first crime fiction novel, A Cold Day for Murder, won an Edgar award, her first thriller, Blindfold Game, hit the New York Times bestseller list. The Land Beyond, the final third of her historical trilogy about Marco Polo's granddaughter, Silk and Song, was published in October 2015. At present she is at work on the 21st Kate Shugak novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2013
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Dana Stabenow was a delightful surprise, for me. I picked up her book by chance as a sample of currently published mystery fiction available on the market. I really enjoyed her contribution to the annals of memorable detective characters, in Kate Shugak. Kate is tough and yet vulnerable, and Dana writes that dualism extremely well. I must give Dana praise for writing a good feminist character. Kate is strong and independent, but flawed and aware of it, and constantly seeking self-improvement. She's a good roll model and a darn good hero.

Dana also set up a compelling mystery in her story. Unlike some mysteries, where I feel cheated at the big reveal because sufficient evidence was not given to solve the mystery, I felt very satisfied at the end of "A Cold Day." I was incorrect in my guess (dam!), but I was almost right, and knew immediately why the guilty person had to be guilty.

This was a wonderful, easy, well-paced read. I loved when Dana gave over into her more literary instincts and painted breathtaking pictures of the Alaskan wilderness where this story is set. There isn't one reason not to give this book a chance, even if mystery is not your typical genre.

Give "A Cold Day for Murder" a read. You won't be sorry you did!
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Schuyler T Wallace
4.0 out of 5 stars THE AUTHOR CAN ONLY GO UP FROM HERE
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012
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A COLD DAY FOR MURDER was apparently the first crime fiction novel for Dana Stebenow. It was well received and won an Edgar Award in 1994. In the Preface she tells about her awkward journey to the awards ceremony in New York City and I loved it. Gomer Pyle in the big city had nothing on her. Since that time she has been busy, writing some twenty seven novels with eighteen of them featuring Kate Shugat, the heroine of COLD DAY.

I often have problems with the early works of many authors. I sometimes sense a manic desire for making a good impression on the world's readers, often with disastrous results. Even Ernest Hemingway didn't escape my wrath in that regard. But Stebenow seems to have found her own way with an intriguing plot, concise prose, and clarity of scenic ambiance. The characters are carefully presented and, although there are a lot of them, flow through the narrative without falling all over each other.

Alaska is a magnificent land with deeply ingrained traditions and reading about it is generally thrilling for me. There are some hacks that clutter up the scenery but, for the most part, there is a proliferation of writers who do a wonderful job of producing epic tales from the Great Land. Dana Stebenow, a daughter of Alaska, knows the people and the country and has continued the tradition of putting together an intriguing story.

There is some triteness in her narrative and stiffness in her dialogue. But they are not flagrant enough to put the reader off the story. A damaged investigator, Shugat, reluctantly accepts the challenge of solving the disappearance of a park ranger and another investigator who vanished while attempting the same thing. Shugat has to weave her way through ex-lovers, dysfunctional family members, and erratically behaving natives, all of whom have different motives for seeing her fail as she tries to resolve the sudden evaporation of two men. The maze she has to travel is difficult because of the frozen environment and human obstacles she finds in her path. The ending is no shocker, but the author has made it logical and credible.

I liked this book and I think you will as well. I'll have no problem reading more of Stebenow's books, hoping to see continuing good plots, more of her great scene setting, and the tighter writing style that comes with experience.

Schuyler T Wallace
Author of TIN LIZARD TALES
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Joseph Courtemanche
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Book — Crummy Audiobook
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023
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I liked the tale, it was well-written, with plenty of intrigue. The location being in Alaska was a real plus.; I like The Last Frontier. The narrator just was so very awful. The voice was a grating female. She emphasized words that didn't further the plot. It was jarring. And unpleasant.
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C. K. Harrell
5.0 out of 5 stars Weaving Alaska's history, Aleut Culture, Suspense, Murder into one fabulous novel!
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2013
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Loving Alaska history, Aleut Culture, suspense, murder, a smidgen of romance all weaved into a perfect beginning to a great series about a very courageous, intelligent, determined, driven woman born into an Aleut culture that brings pioneer living and all of its challenges to a boiling point.

Almost two years ago, the very beautiful, skilled, intelligent, accomplished full blooded Aleut Kate Shugak resigned her position as a detective for the Anchorage District Attorney's. Her four years as one of the most successful sex crimes investigators came to screeching halt.

After a life and death traumatic situation, Kate heads to her refuge on her father's primitive homestead cabin in the Alaskian Bush located in a national park in the interior of Alaska. She is soon surrounded by her "village" of family & friends that are "blood" bound to help her heal. She is one of the descendants of a very powerful family lineage that she has deliberately ignored for 8 years but soon realizes what an important part she plays in the intricate design of such a powerful and magnificent race of people.

Kate is recovering and exploring her new life back home content with baking bread every day, hunting, fishing and storing her food along with chopping her own wood and doing odd jobs here and there to get by. Her calm peaceful new life is interrupted when her ex-boss & ex-lover (hunky & yummy)Jack Morgan shows up unexpectedly to ask for her help in locating a missing Park Ranger and the missing detective that was sent in to locate him. It just happens to be one of the coldest Decembers in recent memory.

Kate has to make a decision. Is it time to get back to work and put all of that education & experience to good use or tell Jack to take a hike? Is Kate willing to take her devoted companion(Mutt)which happens to be 1/2 husky & 1/2 wolf along with her to track what on earth could have happened to this Park Ranger & the detective that was sent in after him?

Kate has to deal with her formidable, demanding & manipulating grandmother which is Tribal Native Chief, Ekaterina Shugak, when she suspects that one of her own family members may be involved. Just to spice everything up the local state trooper, Jim Chopin, seems to keep popping up.

Excellent read.....and series.
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Al54
4.0 out of 5 stars Le véritable premier tome des aventures de Kate Shugak, jamais publié en Français. Une lecture assez difficile en Anglais.
Reviewed in France on April 18, 2016
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J'ai tout de suite apprécié les livres de Dana Stabenow, plus pour le style et le contexte (une immersion passionnante dans la vie de l'Alaska), que pour les enigmes policières proprement dites. J'ai lu en Français ce que l'ėditeur présentait comme le volume 1 et le volume 2 de la série, mais certaines allusions, certaines références à d'autres enquêtes m'ont laissé perplexe; et pour cause : le supposé tome 1 publié en Français est en fait.........le dix-huitième de la série! Rien d'étonnant à ce qu'on s'y perde! J'ai donc décidé de me lancer dans la série en anglais (de surcroît le tome 1 est gratuit, et les tomes suivants à prix compétitif). Franchement si vous n'êtes pas parfaitement bilingue, la lecture est sportive : entre l'argot, le vocabulaire propre à l'Alaska et les multiples noms d'arbres et d'animaux, le dictionnaire du kindle est indispensable, et il s'y perd souvent lui aussi. Ceci dit si l'enigme policière en elle-même est assez plate (un ranger, fils d'un homme politique américain a disparu, ainsi que l'agent du FBI parti à sa recherche), le livre à l'avantage de présenter les personnages (hauts en couleur!), de planter le décor et d'éclairer les points obscurs des livres publiés en Français.
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Barbara
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Reviewed in Italy on January 9, 2015
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I'm not sure what I thought about thus book and its detective. I will read another in the series to see if my feeling change.
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roya
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong female lead murder mystery
Reviewed in Canada on July 22, 2013
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Loved Kate, her relationships with others, and the realism of her life. The description of living alone in the rural parts of Alaska were informing and fascinating. The storyline is well thought out and interesting. This is not a feel good novel, but definitely riveting, with well placed comic relief. A good read.
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Aletheuon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story and wonderful setting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2014
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i really enjoyed this short novel. The glimpse into a culture I had never discovered before was truly fascinating and the Alaskan scenery came vividly to life for me. Beautifully written, in my opinion!
Kate Shugak is an Aleut, a member of a historic native Alaskan tribe. She lives in a national park, having retreated to her home after leaving her job as an investigator working for the Alaska District Attorney. She has survived having her throat cut, but the emotional scars are as real as the scar around her throat. She lives alone, with only her wolf-dog Mutt for company, spending her days keeping her simple cabin in perfect order, and she has no wish to meet the outside world again. She is persuaded to investigate the disappearance of a senator's son and the investigator sent to look for him. Her family are involved in the investigation and we learn that they are insular, hard-talking, hard-swearing and hard-living Aleuts who give no quarter when challenged. Every step of the investigation is tough for Kate and it moves to an intense, dramatic and moving ending.
Dana Stabenow is a very accomplished writer, with a rather beautiful turn of phrase and a gift for inventing compelling, fascinating characters. The book ended in a satisfactory manner and I really wanted to read the next book, so that I could discover Alaska in a different season. Very good indeed!
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CEFK
5.0 out of 5 stars love her books
Reviewed in Spain on January 7, 2014
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Great author. Love all of er books. Slowly working my way through all the Kate Shugak books in the series.
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