Thanks for all the recommendations. I think I've come across the Kate Shugak series when I checked wikipedia for books. I dismissed it then because it seemed more like an unusual setting than a unusual detective.
I forgot to mention in the OP that I've read Carol O'Connell's Mallory's oracle. It's probably closer to the type of detective I'm looking for (minus the amateur sleuth part).
The Cordelia Gray stories sounds good. I'll see if they're available somewhere.
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