The Dark Root (50 page)

#1, 
A Cold Day for Murder. 
A young National Park Ranger—who just happens to be a congressman’s son—goes missing, as does the investigator sent to find him. Local Bush expertise is called for, and while Kate Shugak thought she'd retired from investigating, it’s her home territory, the money's good, and it’s personal.

#2,
A Fatal Thaw
. Long Alaska winters get to people sometimes. This one certainly got to Roger McAniff, who decided to shoot nine of his neighbors in cold blood. Except that ballistics tests show one of them was killed by someone else, a cunning murder hidden in the midst of madness.

#3, 
Dead in the Water
. Two crewmembers from the crab boat
Avilda
are missing, presumed dead. It’s a dangerous profession, but there’s more than a whiff of malice in the air. Enough that the DA wants Kate to be onboard, at sea, undercover.