Richly nuanced, highly entertaining... The book is sprinkled with wit, studded with exquisite descriptions of the rugged landscape, and filled with opinionated and endearing characters... The dialogue is smart, authentic, and reminiscent of Elmore Leonard'

Publishers Weekly

If you are looking for something unique in the field of crime fiction, Kate Shugak is the answer

Michael Connelly

Stabenow is blessed with a rich prose style and a fine eye for detail. An outstanding series

Washington Post

An antidote to sugary female sleuths: Kate Shugak, the Aleut private investigator

New York Times

Maintains Stabenow's reputation for concise prose, pithy dialogue, full bodied characters, and intriguing plotting. Crime fiction doesn't get much better than this

Booklist

A clever, colourful, credible tale

Literary Review