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Title: Breakup (Kate Shugak Mysteries (Paperback)) by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0-425-16261-3 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Guaranteed to make you laugh
Comment: I have been reading the Kate Shugak series in order this fall and just finished Breakup. By the time I finished the first chapter, I was already laughing. As each chapter continued, I just laughed harder and harder. This is one of the best female sluth series I've read yet (other good ones are Nevada Barr, Sue Grafton, etc.).
In Breakup, Kate experiences a neverending series of unfortunate events that are guaranteed to make you laugh. The mystery plot is not as prominent in this story as in the previous ones, but the humor and action more than make up for it. I definitely recommend this book and series to anyone who enjoys mysteries set in exotic and/or natural locations. My only hope is that you will start at the beginning of the series and read them in order. It's worth it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Alaskan winter breaks up but Kate Shugak comes together.
Comment: I've enjoyed all the Kate Shugak books but this one rates as the best. Kate faces charging bears, tourists from Beacon Hill, falling jet engines, the Alaskan version of the Hatfields and McCoys and the obligatory murder. And in the process the real Kate Shugak suddenly comes together and shows us the person we always knew was there. She once again demonstrates that Kate is not a person to be messed with (the more descriptive expression is not one I will write where anyone of any age can read it). But in all the daring do, in all the life and death experiences she goes through, those of us that love her know that the hardest for her to face, the one that takes the most courage is when Kate stands at a meeting of the tribal elders and acts as an advisory. She has begun to accept the heritage left to her by her grandmother. The only 'bad' thing about this book is that if you haven't followed Kate through her other books, you can't see what a victory this is for her. Thank you Dana Stabenow for giving us not just a female sleuth but a well-rounded person we can enjoy reading about and admire.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beware the Alaska Breakup!
Comment: As readers of this hilarious entry in the wonderful Kate Shugak series now know, Breakup is the time between the frozen solid Alaska winter and the spring--a time when the potholes reach several feet deep, the slush competes with the mud, the weather is unpredictable--and the bears wake up crabby and hungry from their long hibernation. It's also a time, apparently, when the locals take leave of their senses, and the most mundane errand is run at one's own risk.
Kate sees most of the action in this novel from the floor of her local pub, where stray bullets from angry housewives are flying at random; in the mud, where she is knocked down several times by everyone from friend to foe to bear; and from her house, which just happens to be partially demolished by an engine that has dropped from the sky off a jetliner. And that's just in the first few pages!
Even wonder-dog Mutt is cranky in this truly funny look at all the regulars as they emerge--like the bears--from their long winter hibernation. There's a serious undertone dealing with Kate's new and unwanted position as head of tribal affairs, but mostly it's just a wild romp as we get to know our favorite Alaskans maybe a bit too well.
Much recommended!
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Title: Killing Grounds (Kate Shugak Mysteries (Paperback)) by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0425167739 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0425157989 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Play With Fire: A Kate Shugak Mystery by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0425152545 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hunter's Moon (Prime Crime Mysteries) by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0425172597 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Cold-Blooded Business: A Kate Shugak Mystery by Dana Stabenow ISBN: 0425158497 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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