A Fatal Thaw

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 another Park rat is planning a massacre. 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 tarn…