LD051 Murder, They Read: "A Cold Day for Murder," by Dana Stabenow

In the stark interior of Alaska’s Park lands, a young ranger vanishes without trace. His disappearance might be shrugged off as misadventure in unforgiving country—until a second man, the son of a powerful Washington insider, goes missing while searching for him. The FBI descends, but with little sense of the land or its people, they turn to a local guide: Kate Shugak, an Aleut investigator recently resigned from the District Attorney’s office.

Kate is reluctant, scarred both literally and emotionally from a case gone wrong, but her knowledge of the terrain—and the tight-lipped communities who live on it—makes her indispensable. As she tracks the trail of the missing men across snowbound villages and treacherous mountains, she uncovers layers of silence, loyalty, and old resentments.

Stabenow’s novel launches her long-running series with a blend of rugged landscape and equally rugged characters. Through Kate’s eyes, Alaska is not a picturesque backdrop but a crucible where survival, justice, and belonging intertwine. A Cold Day for Murder introduces a heroine whose resilience is matched only by the unforgiving beauty of the land she calls home.

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