Dana Stabenow

When the killer hides his victem in a glacier, it really is a "COLD" case.

When a long time park resident is murdered, Kate untangles the mystery.

With falling 747 engines, grizzlies, airplane wrecks and fueding neighbors Kate has a tough day during breakup.

When a commercial fisherman is killed, the local inhabitents cry tears of joy!

Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5'1" tall, carrires a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat, and owns a half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroineand she needs to be, to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. And throw their worst the wilds have: Kate and Mutt have both been shot.

A forest fire, mosquitos, a fundamentalist preacher and wild mushrooms all figure in this murder mystery.

When the Prudhoe Bay oil production facility is plagued with drugs, Kate is called in to find out how they are getting there.

Sombody is killing members of the Native Council and Ekaterina (Kate's emaa) wants Kate to figure out who and why.

Louis Deem has perfected the art of ridding himself of unwanted wives. His first fell through the ice and drowned. His second was found crushed under his truck in a tragic accident. His third was found with a broken neck. The evidence is circumstantial, but the authorities are desperate to put Deem behind bars. And then the jury returns a verdict of not guilty. Only a month later, a mother and her boy are gunned down. And this time, Kate Shugak is determined that Deem will be punished, whatever the cost ...