A Fatal Thaw

by Dana Stabenow

Book Overview

When a man goes berserk on the first day of spring and kills nine people, Kate Shugak, once the star of the Anchorage D.A.'s office, begins an investigation.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425135772
• ISBN13: 9780425135778
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

I'm happy

I love this series, it's fun to read curled up next to the fire. The book arrived quickly & in great condition. I couldn't be happier.

A Fatal Thaw

I love this author and can't wait for each book. I have them all in my collection.

Break Up is Murder

A insane man kills off his neighbors in A FATAL THAW by Dana Stabenow, but when the body counting is finish one of the dead was not killed by the same man. Lisa Getty was involved in many illegal activities in the part and many a woman had reason to hate her for her active interest in their husbands. Kate is faced with the difficult task of finding to real killer hidden among all the possible suspects. The final scene in this books is one of the most beautiful expressions of the Native American concept of living, death, and the glories of heritage. Not to be missed in the Kate Shugak saga. Nash Black, author whose books are now available in Kindle editions. Writing as a Small BusinessHaints

A Pleasing Continuation to the Series

I found "A Fatal Thaw," the second in the Kate Shugak series set in the Alaskan wilderness, much easier to read and follow than the first, and I zipped through it with great interest.Stabenow is herself an Alaskan, and she makes you feel the very essence of the place, in all its rough and ready wildness. I felt I was there in the first spring thaw with Kate and her wonderful half-wolf dog (a bona fide character in her own right) as they stretch their winter-weary limbs. Kate has spring fever, and her very female dog, Mutt, is mesmerized by a giant and gorgeous he-wolf who can't seem to keep away from Kate's cabin.This serenity is shattered very quickly, however, by the doings of a crazy-mad serial killer who, in one short span of a few hours, goes on a murder spree so deadly and so accurate that almost nobody in the tight-knit communty is spared outrage, shock or unbearable grief. After the dust settles, however, the real shocker sets in: One of the dead was not shot with the same gun. Somebody has used a crazy man's murder spree to cover up a real and nasty additional killing--and it's up to Kate to find out who.I found the mystery less than the story telling, which kept my interest all the way through. This is a good, solid series, one that I am reading from the beginning, and I see no reason at all not to move on quickly and with pleasurable anticipation to the next!

An Alaskan Mystery

Mystery and a peek into Alaskan lifestyle combine to make for good reading. A good plot and finely drawn characters are a plus. Made me want more of Ms. Stabenow's stories.