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"Dana Stabenow excels at evoking the bleakness and beauty of the far north."--"Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer"
"If you haven't discovered this splendid North Country series, now is the time...highly entertaining."--"USA Today"
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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. Read the first page
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With another mouth to feed and potential future legal fees, Kate leaves Johnny on the homestead and accepts work as a bodyguard to Anne Gordaoff, a senatorial candidate. Anne has been receiving escalating threats that require her to hire Kate. While Kate protects her client, someone murders The candidate's son-in-law and a staffer leaving it up to Kate to unravel the truth before someone else is hurt.
The latest Shugak novel gives readers an early twentieth century Alaskan history lesson and how past events three generations ago relate to the present murders. The mystery is cleverly developed and the sexual tension between Kate and Trooper Jim is so thick the murder weapon cannot slice through it. That "non-relationship" bears future watching as Dana Stabenow continues to provide her audience with tales they enjoy reading.
Harriet Klausner
Kate Shugak fiercely loves her native Alaska. She lives simply, without many of the conveniences we consider necessary. It's a lonely life, but one that Kate wouldn't change for the world. The only thing she would change is to bring back her recently deceased lover, Jack. But life goes on, and Kate slowly recovers from her grief. Helping her is Jack's teen-aged son, Johnny, who loves Alaska as much as Kate does. Unfortunately, he has run away from his mother, which causes Kate legal and emotional problems with Johnny's mother.
As legal problems cost lots of money, Kate reluctantly accepts a job as security guard for state senator candidate Anne Gordaoff, who has been receiving threatening letters. Life on the campaign trail is hard, but not as hard as Kate's regular life (in my opinion). When first Anne's fundraiser/future son-in-law is murdered, followed shortly by the murder of another staff member, Kate digs into the past to identify the culprit.
In fact, it is the past that provided the most interesting parts of the book. The parallel story of the Dawson Darling, a good-time girl of the Alaskan Gold Rush period, is riveting reading.
Stabenow does an excellent job with her plot twists. There's lots of substance to THE SINGING OF THE DEAD, which makes it a satisfying read. Stabenow provides her reader with the necessary clues to identify the murderer along with Kate, although I must admit I didn't figure out "whodunit".
All in all, I think this is one of the best in the Kake Shugak series. If you haven't read any, I recommend you start with the first book and work your way up to this one, as each book builds on the previous ones.
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