Inside Alaska's biggest national park, surrounding the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park are uneasy. "But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce is the refrain of Talia Macleod, the popular Alaskan skiing champ the company hired to improve their relations with Alaskans. And she promises much needed jobs to the locals. But before she can make her way to every village in the area to make her case at town meetings and village breakfasts, there are two murders - one a long-standing mine opponent, and Ms. Macleod herself. Between that and a series of attacks on snow mobilers up the Kanuyaq River, not to mention the still-open homicide of Park villain Louis Deem last year, part-time P.I. and newly elected chairman of the Niniltna Native Association Kate Shugak has her hands very much full. Following up the most successful Kate Shugak novel to date, A Deeper Sleep, the unputdownable WHISPER TO THE BLOOD promises to thoroughly delight fans but also continue to build Stabenow's audience.
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Excellent…No-one writes more vividly about the Alaskan wilderness --Publishers Weekly
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First Sentence: "Grin bought out Mac Devlin."
PI Kate Shugak, without her knowledge, as been made chairman of the board of the Niniltna Native Association. Gold, copper and molybdenum have been discovered in Alaska's Iqaluk Wildlife Refuge by Global Harvest Resources Inc., known to the park residents as Grin. The residents are not happy about the prospect of a large mine so the company has hired very attractive Talia Macleod to smooth the way by promoting jobs.
With the brutal murders of two residents, one an opponent to the mine, Kate is asked by Trooper Jim Chopin to help find the killers. There is also the unsolved homicide of park villain Louis Deem and attacks by residents by snowmobilers to be resolved.
It is so good to have Kate Shugak back again. These books include some of my favorite characters, not the least being Mutt, Kate's part-wolf dog. Stabenow brings her characters to life, making them fully dimensional and having them grow and deal with personal issues as the series progresses. There is wonderful interaction between the characters which builds the story.
Stabenow shows us Alaska and its people, good and bad, and now different life there is from the rest of the country. Her observations on Alaskan life, politics and people are fascinating. She is also a wonderfully descriptive writer, from being out on a snowmobile to Kate's cooking, the descriptions of which made me hungry.
Her dialogue is excellent, her use of humor is well placed as is her ability to convey emotion. There were a lot of characters and the history of each. It was important to keep them straight but did make the story seem slow. And there was a fair amount of redundancy.
This is a series I recommend reading in order as I found this book, in particular, called upon events happening in previous books. I felt she explained those events well, but feel someone who had not read the actual books might feel a bit lost.
You can bet I'll be reading the next Shugak book.
PI Kate Shugak, without her knowledge, as been made chairman of the board of the Niniltna Native Association. Gold, copper and molybdenum have been discovered in Alaska's Iqaluk Wildlife Refuge by Global Harvest Resources Inc., known to the park residents as Grin. The residents are not happy about the prospect of a large mine so the company has hired very attractive Talia Macleod to smooth the way by promoting jobs.
With the brutal murders of two residents, one an opponent to the mine, Kate is asked by Trooper Jim Chopin to help find the killers. There is also the unsolved homicide of park villain Louis Deem and attacks by residents by snowmobilers to be resolved.
It is so good to have Kate Shugak back again. These books include some of my favorite characters, not the least being Mutt, Kate's part-wolf dog. Stabenow brings her characters to life, making them fully dimensional and having them grow and deal with personal issues as the series progresses. There is wonderful interaction between the characters which builds the story.
Stabenow shows us Alaska and its people, good and bad, and now different life there is from the rest of the country. Her observations on Alaskan life, politics and people are fascinating. She is also a wonderfully descriptive writer, from being out on a snowmobile to Kate's cooking, the descriptions of which made me hungry.
Her dialogue is excellent, her use of humor is well placed as is her ability to convey emotion. There were a lot of characters and the history of each. It was important to keep them straight but did make the story seem slow. And there was a fair amount of redundancy.
This is a series I recommend reading in order as I found this book, in particular, called upon events happening in previous books. I felt she explained those events well, but feel someone who had not read the actual books might feel a bit lost.
You can bet I'll be reading the next Shugak book.
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The more recent Kate Shugak novels involve a number of different stories and themes. In this installment there are some repercussions from the events in the previous book "A Deeper Sleep", the advent of a huge mining corporation and its PR in the area, Kate's involvement in local politics (mostly against her will), and the growth of Jim and Kate's relationship. You really need to have read some, if not all, of the previous novels to get a full grasp of all the story elements.
Using these story themes and throwing in a couple of murders and some other devious deeds, the author evokes clearly for the reader the landscape of rural Alaska and its communities at what is likely to be a time of great change. We see this world through Kate's eyes and we agonise with her about what advantages and disadvantages large scale mining will bring. We also see the people of this area who are mostly poor with lives lived at a subsistence level and who often treat each other very badly, and sometimes very well.
In the end, although this is a suspense story, it is a novel about people, their relationships and their hopes and dreams. The author writes simply but well and I found this book completely engaging.
Using these story themes and throwing in a couple of murders and some other devious deeds, the author evokes clearly for the reader the landscape of rural Alaska and its communities at what is likely to be a time of great change. We see this world through Kate's eyes and we agonise with her about what advantages and disadvantages large scale mining will bring. We also see the people of this area who are mostly poor with lives lived at a subsistence level and who often treat each other very badly, and sometimes very well.
In the end, although this is a suspense story, it is a novel about people, their relationships and their hopes and dreams. The author writes simply but well and I found this book completely engaging.
Format:Kindle Edition
I thoroughly enjoyed this 'episode' in the life of Kate Shugak. Throughout her life Kate has tried to stay as far away as possible from local tribal politics. Unfortunately her Grandmother had earmarked Kate as her natural successor as head of the tribal committee. Other tribal elders would also like Kate to stay away from the committee too as dodgy deals and dividends paid from the government for the Alaskan gas pipeline crossing their lands are worth a huge amount of money.
When Kate finally assumes her position as the head of the tribal council she brings in various community ventures and investigates exactly what the 'underhand' tribal elders are upto.
The humour that Stabenow injects throughout the storyline stops this book becoming dry and heavy and often has me giggling out loud!
The beauty of Alaska is brought to life by the wonderfully descripive language used..i've even learned a little of the various traditional languages used throughout native Alaskan indian tribes. I can't recall any other books I have read that can bring so much to the reader.
I have read all the Kate Shugak books in the series and each one brings a new layer to add to the complex lives that each character brings to the storyline.
I would recommend reading each book in order but there is enough information and backstory to read this as a stand alone novel.
When Kate finally assumes her position as the head of the tribal council she brings in various community ventures and investigates exactly what the 'underhand' tribal elders are upto.
The humour that Stabenow injects throughout the storyline stops this book becoming dry and heavy and often has me giggling out loud!
The beauty of Alaska is brought to life by the wonderfully descripive language used..i've even learned a little of the various traditional languages used throughout native Alaskan indian tribes. I can't recall any other books I have read that can bring so much to the reader.
I have read all the Kate Shugak books in the series and each one brings a new layer to add to the complex lives that each character brings to the storyline.
I would recommend reading each book in order but there is enough information and backstory to read this as a stand alone novel.
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