Two women have been savagely attacked. One is dead by the time the authorities arrive, the other clings to life by a thread.

The obvious suspect is a man found near the scene. A man clutching a knife, covered in the victims' blood, claiming to have lost all memory of the last twenty-four hours; it looks like an open and shut case.

And no-one thinks twice about the death of a man living alone. An obvious suicide. He even leaves a note. Unfortunately his final words are a confession: ‘I killed her'. One crime, two suspects. And Kate Shugak thinks that someone, somewhere, is getting away with murder.

Stabenow is blessed with a rich prose style and a fine eye for detail. An outstanding series * Washington Post *
One of the strongest voices in crime fiction * Seattle Times *
An antidote to sugary female sleuths: Kate Shugak, the Aleut private investigator * New York Times *

Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska and raised on a 75-foot fishing boat. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. Her first Kate Shugak book, A Cold Day for Murder, received an Edgar Award from the Crime Writers of America.