A Shroud of Midnight Sun: An Inupiat Eskimo Mystery

by Christopher Lane and Christopher A. Lane

DEATH...

Leaving behind the headaches of local law enforcement in Alaska's North Slope, Inupiat police officer Ray Attla welcomes a few days of vacation with his wife and four-year-old daughter at a resort outside of Anchorage. He doesn't, however, count on an early morning bike ride down the rocky mountain trails that sends him flying through alpine paradise, crashing into a thicket of berry brushes...and landing just a few paces from a...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380798735
• ISBN13: 9780380798735
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Interesting mystery

As a lover of "cold-weather locale mysteries" I really enjoyed this outing of Ray Attla. Ray is an Inupiat police officer from Alaska. He goes on vacation with his pregnant lawyer wife and his 4 year old daughter. Throw in lots of Inupiat culture, a dead body, a local sheriff who is also the town minister and Ray's daughter who has an eerie sensitivity to Inupiat ways, and you have an exciting, good read.

A pleasant surprise...

Christopher Lane has a great mystery series. Expect to get your money's worth when you read the third Inupiat Eskimo Mystery by Christopher Lane. It's three hundred and forty two pages full of mystery, espionage, picturesque scenery, native traditions, and great characters. Ray Attla, an Inupiat police officer, is a terrific lead character. After finding a body Ray would rather go on with his vacation, but, Glen, the local Sheriff and Chaplin, finds there is more to the case than a fall from a lift, so he talks Ray into helping him out. As a professional, Ray stands back and lets Glen take the lead in investigating the death. Once he is drawn further into it after checking with his Police Department, Ray decides he wants some answers as well. Ray is a cautious and understanding husband when it comes to his pregnant wife, Margaret, who has to work during the vacation, and, as a dad, he is patient and generous with his time, although a bit slow to recognize that his four year old daughter, Keera, is sensitive to their native traditions, which supernaturally gives her more knowledge about the recent death and case. Readers will find the secondary characters involved in the mystery plot are just as strong as the main characters and help to strengthen the story line. In picking up A Shroud of Midnight Sun, I didn't know what to expect. What I got was a pleasant surprise in the discovery of a great mystery series. Christopher Lane's writing genuinely impressed me.