An atmospheric, award-winning crime series: Intricate storylines, strong characters, arctic setting and plots that zig when you expect them to zag. 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, Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant Kate is tougher than your average heroine and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A Cold Blooded Business: It's March, someone is selling drugs to the employees of a Prudhoe Bay oil field company and the company hires Kate to go undercover and apprehend the dealer. But coke isn't the only illegal substance being dealt.