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| Title | : | A Cold-Blooded Business (Kate Shugak #4) |
| Author | : | Dana Stabenow |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 231 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1995 by Berkley (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime |
Dana Stabenow
Paperback | Pages: 231 pages Rating: 4.12 | 3357 Users | 183 Reviews
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This is one of the more interesting Kate Shugak novel, not so much for the mystery aspect, although it WAS a good mystery. The mystery seemed to take a backseat to the history of the pipeline and what these people that work there go through during their time there.What made this a good read for me, was learning just what working an Alaskan pipe line is like. What it does and doesn't do to our environment, how it has potential (as we have seen) to cause huge problems...but if this book is written fairly it also shows that it is not as bad as we've all been led to believe. Of course I am not a native Alaskan, so I don't feel the affects as an Alaskan does.
The mystery aspect does seem to get a bit of a short shrift, but finally comes to the front and center during a most exciting last quarter of the novel. Not to say that Kate isn't doing her best throughout the book...it is just that she is keeping too much, too close to her vest (and away from the readers). It was almost as if she wrote the book to teach us about the pipeline and then in the last quarter of the book said, "oh poop I forgot I was writing a mystery! I'd better get to it!".
We do get to meet Jacks son and his ex-wife in this book and what an interesting pair they are!
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| Original Title: | A Cold-Blooded Business |
| ISBN: | 0425158497 (ISBN13: 9780425158494) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.stabenow.com/novels/kate-shugak/a-cold-blooded-business |
| Series: | Kate Shugak #4 |
| Characters: | Kate Shugak, Cindy Sovalik, Jerry McIsaac |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 3357 Users | 183 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books A Cold-Blooded Business (Kate Shugak #4)
Another excellent addition to the Kate Shugak mystery series! Kate herself is a magnificent main character, tough as nails, ultra smart, and with a fierce love for her people and her land. In this book, Kate is hired to investigate drug dealing at the Prudhoe Bay oil facility, which means we get to see Kate outside of her comfort zone, in an entirely new setting, but still doing what she does best. It's a surprisingly nuanced look at the impact of the oil industry in Alaska, as well as aOne of my favorites in the series, set in the North Slope oilfields. Stabenow spent 6 years working on the Slope and it shows. Kate's new boss Toni is evicting a couple of entrepreneurs from the camp:'After a moment the door cracked. A large, round blue eye peered out. It encountered Toni and paused. There was a long sigh, and the door opened further, to expose a six-foot platinum blonde in a minuscule leather cowboy vest... There was a lot more breast than there was vest. Kate sternly repressed
This is the fourth book in the Kate Shugak series and I am loving the series. In this book, Kate is hired by Royal Petroleum to find out who is smuggling in drugs to the employees. Kate works the case even though it poses a conflict with her family. Working for the oil line is frowned upon. Kate is not only making awesome money but takes advantage of seeing an area of Alaska she has never seen and enjoys the luxuries that comes with the job until she stumbles on more than just drugs. Kate's life
This book is another great installment in the series about investigator Kate Shugak. I've enjoyed each book so far, and this one did not disappoint. Alaska is such a wonderful place for a set of stories - there seems to be no end of trouble a person can get into. In this story, Kate is talked into investigating the growing problem of drug use at a huge oil pumping facility on the Bering Sea. She has very strong negative feelings about the oil companies, as a Native Aleut who cares about the
I thoroughly enjoy the Kate Shugak books. With this one the technical details were a bit over my head and I didn't understand some of the jokes because I couldn't figure out what they hinted at, it probably was Alaskan inside information. Nevertheless I will gladly read the next one in the series.
Though I enjoyed returning to the world of Kate Shugak in this the fourth of the series from Dana Stabenow, some may find the format of this particular episode a little disappointing when compared with the earlier volumes. A significant portion of the first part of the book actually relates very little to the case to which Kate has been hired to investigate. Rather it spends a lot of time simply telling the story of her interactions with numerous people and the environment in which they live and
It's a return to form, thrice welcome, that I celebrate. I didn't lose faith in this series. After the previous book got one star, I kept my faith and my peace and waited while reading this book - what will happen?How will I review the book? How will I understand the geopolitics of the book? How will I cope with references that I don't understand?Despite such lapses in memory, concentration, and understanding, I made amends with this series. I'm very optimistic about what is going to be a great
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