A Fatal Thaw pdf

Dana Stabenow (nacida el 27 de marzo de 1952 en Anchorage, Alaska) es una autora estadounidense de novelas de ciencia ficción, misterio/crimen, suspenso/suspenso y aventuras históricas. Muchos de los libros de Stabenow están ambientados en su estado natal de Alaska, donde fue criada por su madre soltera que vivía y trabajaba en una pescadería en el golfo de Alaska, y presenta numerosas descripciones de la geografía, la geología, el clima y la vida silvestre de Alaska. Stabenow recibió una licenciatura en periodismo de la Universidad de Alaska en 1973 y, después de decidir probar suerte como autora, más tarde se inscribió en el programa MFA de la UAA. Ace Science Fiction compró su primera novela, Second Star, en 1990. Le siguieron otros dos libros de ciencia ficción. Su primer misterio de Kate Shugak, A Cold Day for Murder, ganó el premio Edgar al mejor original de bolsillo en 1993. Su misterio de Kate Shugak de 2011, Aunque no está muerta, recibió el premio Nero de 2012. En 2007, Stabenow fue nombrada Artista del año de Alaska en los Premios del Gobernador para las Artes y las Humanidades. En 2011, Stabenow escribió en su blog un artículo informativo sobre sus experiencias de lectura en la infancia y cómo la influyeron para escribir novelas de detectives.

A Fatal Thaw pdf por Dana Stabenow

On her homestead in the middle of twenty million acres of national Park, Aleut P.I. Kate Shugak is caught up in spring cleaning, unaware that just miles away a man's sanity is breaking. When the sound of gunfire finally dies away, nine of his neighbors lie dead in the snow. But did he kill all nine, or only eight? The ninth victim was killed with a different weapon. It's up to Kate and her husky-wolf sidekick Mutt to untangle the life of the dead blonde with the tarnished past and find her killer. It won't be easy; every second Park rat had a motive. Was it one of her many spurned lovers? Was a wife looking for revenge? Or did a deal with an ivory smuggler go bad? Even Trooper Jim Chopin, the Park's resident state trooper, had a history with the victim. Kate will need every ounce of determination to find the truth before Alaska metes out its own justice....
"He pulled the stock firmly into his shoulder and sighted down the barrel. The tiny metal bead at the end of the barrel seemed at once so close and so far away. The metal was so new it glistened in the early morning light. He frowned, and felt around in his pockets for a match. Striking it, he held it so the smoke rising from it blackened the bead.
He looked at the factory sights and shook his head with an indulgent smile. From another pocket he produced a Williams Foolproof peephole sight and mounted it next to the receiver. He loaded the rifle, five in the magazine, one in the chamber, and stood. He pulled the stock in tight and sighted through the aperture, noting that in spite of the overwhelming whiteness of the surrounding snow pack the dulled black bead at the end of the barrel stood out clearly, with no distracting reflection of light. He squeezed off six shots, enjoying the cracking sound of the reports, the solid thump of the butt into his shoulder, the smooth action of the bolt between rounds. When the chamber was empty, he walked back up the road and inspected the target. Most of his shots were grouped above"