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.
THE SINGING OF THE DEAD. Kate Shugak joins the staff of a political
campaign to work security for a Native woman running for state
senator. The candidate has been receiving anonymous threats, and
Kate is to become her shadow, watching the crowds at rallies and
fund-raisers. But just as she's getting started, the campaign is
rocked by the murder of their staff researcher. To track the killer,
Kate will have to delve into the past, in particular the grisly
murder of a 'good-time girl' during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1915.
Little can she guess the impact a ninety-year-old unsolved case
might have on a modern-day psychotic killer...
