When winter's done, but spring has not yet fully-sprung, much of Alaska turns to slush. Locally, it's called "breakup," and it's a... messy time of year. It's certainly messy for Kate Shugak; between doing her taxes, being chased by grizzlies and getting shot-at by feuding families, she has to cope with an NTSB investigation that hits very close to home. Then, of course, there's the body in the woods. And up at the old mining town. And... being Kate Shugak, somehow she can't leave well enough alone, and begins to tease ...
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When winter's done, but spring has not yet fully-sprung, much of Alaska turns to slush. Locally, it's called "breakup," and it's a... messy time of year. It's certainly messy for Kate Shugak; between doing her taxes, being chased by grizzlies and getting shot-at by feuding families, she has to cope with an NTSB investigation that hits very close to home. Then, of course, there's the body in the woods. And up at the old mining town. And... being Kate Shugak, somehow she can't leave well enough alone, and begins to tease-apart a well-planned and surprising crime. Breakup is the seventh novel in Stabenow's Edgar Award-winning Kate Shugak series, and is often-cited as a fan-favorite.
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Dana Stabenow has an awesome and unmatchable talent for creating characters that richly illustrates the "larger than life" state of Alaska. At the same time she offers up a mystery very unlike the usual - murder by grizzly! - and presents it with a humour that veers from wacky to wild and back again. From the first whistle of a falling jumbo jet engine, she grabs your attention and doesn't let go until the very end. I have loaned this book to every one of my friends and have not gotten it back from any of them!
