New York Times bestseller Dana Stabenow returns with her most outstanding novel yet, teaming up two of her most beloved characters, Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell, in the same story for the first time. Alaska aviation entrepreneur Finn Grant died in the fiery crash of his Piper Super Cub. Someone sabotaged his engine, and virtually everyone in southwestern Alaska has a motive, including his betrayed wife,...

When winter is 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 being chased by grizzlies and getting shot-at by feuding families, she has to cope with an NTSB investigation. Then, of course, there's the body in the woods. Being Kate Shugak, she can't leave well enough alone, and begins to tear-apart a well-planned...