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A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12)
A Fine and Bitter Snow - Kate Shugak, Bk 12
Author: Dana Stabenow
Change never comes easy, so when the news breaks that the new administration might soon be drilling for oil in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community. But for Kate, who hasn't been able to get back into her daily life ever since her lover's violent death a few mon...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312989477
ISBN-10: 0312989474
Publication Date: 7/13/2003
Pages: 320
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 68 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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cosmichomicide avatar reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 134 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Two friends of Kate's grandmother are brutally attacked in their cabin on their eco-retreat - as Kate investigates she once more finds out that the actions of the present often hinge on the decisions of the past. Well done book, critical character development for long term fans.
barbsis avatar reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 1076 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I don't usually like these small town cozy mysteries but this one involves Alaska which totally fascinates me. It's a little light on the murder investigation but Kate Shugak and Jim Shopan are very interesting characters and the interplay between them is violent yet comical. I didn't like Ethan, a married man who just wanted to get a little (from Kate). I did like Johnny though (the son of Kate's former lover). It will be interesting to see where Ms. Stabenow takes his story.

This is book 12 in the series and the first I've read. I will definitely have to start at the beginning and see why Kate turned out the way she did. She's interesting but seems to be a little bitter (hence the title?) too.
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reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 38 more book reviews
first time to read this author. Can't wait to read more.
reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 21 more book reviews
This time Kate is concerned about the possibiliity of an oildrilling operation in a wildlife preserve near her home.
reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 192 more book reviews
I really feel like I know these folks, they are
all friends now and I wait to hear from them.
reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 174 more book reviews
I really love this series of novels featuring Kate Shugak, a P.I. who lives in Alaska and is part of the native culture there. Author, Dana Stabenow, gives equal time to the characters and also to the environment, and I always enjoy the scenery that she describes so well.

In this installment in the series, Kate tries to drum up help for stopping the plan to drill for oil in the area, and two older women who were friends of Kate's family and who are environmentalists also try to help. They live in a cabin off to themselves, so they are in danger from those of the opposite persuasion.

Kate is a character I always enjoy in these novels and since the author lives in Alaska, her knowledge of the areas she writes about is genuine. ~SW
reviewed A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak, Bk 12) on + 18 more book reviews
A good edition to the ongoing Kate Shugak series.
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This is an excellent, fast mystery. Good plotting and characterization.


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