a while ago i discovered alaskan author dana stabenow and read a cold day for murder (a kate shugak mystery), her first published novel and an edgar winner as well. since then she's published a total of 18 kate shugak mysteries and i'm just starting the 2nd one, a fatal thaw. kate is a college educated woman and an aleut indian as well as a private investigator living alone with her dog mutt on a south-central alaska homestead
