Dana Stabenow
1) Bad blood
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"New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow's latest finds Kate Shugak entangled in a bitter tribal rivalry and murder 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 prime suspect is a Kuskulana man who is already in trouble in both villages for falling in love across the river. But when the suspect...
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2009.
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English
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The inhabitants of Niniltna are uneasy about the gold-mining company buying up tracts of land nearby, an unease shared by P.I. Kate Shugak as she probes the killings of a mine opponent and a popular ski champion-turned-company spokesperson.
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2007.
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English
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P.I. Kate Shugak has been working on a case for the Anchorage District Attorney involving the murder of a young woman by her husband, Louis Deem. Deem has been the subject of investigations before, but he's never been convicted. Kate and state trooper Jim Chopin are convinced that this time he'll finally be punished for his actions. When the jury returns a verdict of not guilty, Kate and Jim are devastated, and certain that this man has once again...
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2011
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English
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The residents of Alaska's largest national park are stunned by the death of one of their oldest members, eighty-seven-year-old Old Sam Dementieff ... Even private investigator Kate Shugak. Sam, a lifelong resident, dubbed the "father" of all of the Park rats--even though he had no children of his own--was especially close to Kate, his niece, but even she is surprised to discover that in his will he's left her everything, including a letter instructing...
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Silk and Song trilogy volume 1, 2, 3
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Head of Zeus Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In Beijing, 1322 Sixteen-year-old Wu Johanna is the granddaughter of the legendary trader Marco Polo. In the wake of her father's death, Johanna finds that lineage counts for little amid the disintegrating court of the Khan. Johanna's destiny--if she has one--lies with her grandfather, in Venice. So, with a small band of companions, she takes to the road--the Silk Road--that storied collection of routes that link the silks of Cathay, the spices of...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©1999
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English
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Kate Shugak investigates murder among a party of German big-game hunters she is guiding in Alaska. In no time she is asking herself, did these people come to hunt, or is the hunt a front for something more sinister. By the author of Killing Grounds.
12) A night too dark
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English
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When an abandoned pickup truck complete with suicide note leads a search party to find human remains that have clearly served as a snack for a bear, case closed--suicide by Alaska. But things get complicated when the dead man stumbles out of the wilderness and onto Kate's homestead weeks later. Kate and Trooper Jim Chopin must unravel the story of the man and the body, whoever he is, which is wrapped up in the politics of the Suulutaq Mine, a gold...
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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Hired by Charlotte Mauravieff, who wants to clear her mother's name of the arson fire that killed one of her brothers, private investigator Kate Shugak finds the case complicated by someone who wants the truth to stay hidden.
14) Blindfold game
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Coast Guard volume 1
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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As a hijacked Russian freighter loaded with black-market plutonium sails undetected towards North America, a CIA analyst uncovers a terrorist plot, a conspiracy that places his estranged wife in the middle of the international crisis.
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Coast Guard volume 2
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St. Martins Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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A renegade terrorist with a personal and vindictive grudge against all things American targets the space shuttle as NASA prepares to launch an important mission with a high-profile payload and a wealthy visitor on board.
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Restationed in a remote bush town in the aftermath of a fatal judgment call, Trooper Liam Campbell tackles unexpected challenges in the form of a cutthroat local fishing trade, violent drug dealers, and the murder of an archaeologist who claimed to be on the verge of a great discovery.
Labor Day in Blewestown, Alaska, and it seems most of the town's thirty-five hundred residents have turned out to celebrate - or to cause trouble. Liam Campbell is...
17) No fixed line
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Head of Zeus
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[2020]
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English
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"' ... though there is no fixed line between wrong and right, There are roughly zones whose laws must be obeyed.' ... It is New Year's Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that has locked Alaska down, effectively cutting it off from the outside world. But now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains. With the National Transportation Safety Board unable to reach the crash site, ex-Trooper Jim Chopin is pulled out of retirement...
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Kate Shugak mysteries volume 23
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Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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A mid-air collision in the Alaskan wilderness between two small aircraft leaves ten people dead. Was it a bird strike, pilot error... or premeditated murder? Then an eleventh body is found in the wreckage: a man shot gangland style, twice in the chest and once in the head. In an investigation that reaches to the highest levels of government, justice may not be served, but Kate Shugak is determined that the truth will out, even at the risk of her life...
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Eye of Isis volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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After two Alexandrian fishermen discover a skeleton anchored by a cement weight, Queen Cleopatra charges Tetisheri, her new Eye of Isis, to uncover the identities of the victim and the killers.
47 B.C. Two Alexandrian fishermen come across the body of a skeleton floating upright at the bottom of the sea, anchored in place by a cement weight around his feet. In Alexandria's rough-and-tumble construction trade they call that 'being fitted with a pair...
20) Theft of an idol
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Eye of Isis volume 3
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Head of Zeus Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"When Cleopatra's most beloved actress disappears, her new Eye of Isis must solve a case that will lead to the darkest corners of Alexandria"--
Cleopatra– seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt– is surrounded by riches untold. It is a comfortable life. But not all are invited to share in the wealth of Alexandria, Egypt's first city. For the peasants and farmers, their lives lie in the hands of the gods...