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Kate Shugak Series

Q&A with Dana Stabenow, Author of Spoils of the Dead

By John Valeri

February 18, 2021

Dana Stabenow is a native of Anchorage. As the story goes, she was raised by her mother on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska before being hooked by the thought of writing, which promised better working conditions. Stabenow earned a BA in Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing, and then launched…

Murder in the Great Outdoors

By Beth Groundwater

May 27, 2013

I live in Breckenridge, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains and I’m an outdoorsy kind of gal. I enjoy skiing and snowshoeing in the winter and whitewater rafting, hiking, and biking in the summer. As such, I enjoy reading mystery novels that are set in the great outdoors, so when the weather is too blustery and…

Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow

Fresh Meat: Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow

By Janet Ghilarducci

February 22, 2013

Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow is the 20th in the Alaskan series of Kate Shugak mysteries (available February 25, 2013). One hundred years of bad blood between the villages of Kushtaka and Kuskulana come to a boil when the body of a young Kushtaka ne’er-do-well is found wedged in a fish wheel. Sergeant Jim Chopin’s…

Easy Running by Brad Hughes

Knitting a Story for a Tough Alaskan Heroine

By Dana Stabenow

February 8, 2012

I was raised on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska.  Here’s a painting of it by Homer artist Brad Hughes. My mom was deckhand and I lived on board with her.  I can trace at least part of my love for reading to her, as literally one of my first memories is…

Restless In The Grave

Restless in the Grave: New Excerpt

By Dana Stabenow

February 1, 2012

Don’t forget to enter to win an ARC of Restless in the Grave before anyone else gets it! Alaska aviation entrepreneur Finn Grant died in the fiery crash of his Piper Super Cub. Someone sabotaged his engine, and virtually everyone in southwestern Alaska has a motive, including his betrayed wife, his bullied children, and Liam’s…

Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow

Now Win This!: Dana Stabenow’s Restless in the Grave

By Crime HQ

January 24, 2012

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Michael Connelly, The Reversal

Alive and Kicking: Series That Hold Up

By Amy Dalton

December 1, 2011

A few weeks ago my To Be Read pile had a Michael Connelly, a Jonathan Kellerman, and a Dick Francis (well, Felix Francis, at least) on the stack. As I looked at those spines I realized that despite breaking up with my fair share of authors, I seem to have more than a few that…

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