*Signed* Killing Grounds (Kate Shugak) [Hardcover]

Dana Stabenow (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam (March 23, 1998)
• ASIN: B001UWSXNS
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska.  She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. 

Her first science fiction novel, Second Star, sank without a trace (but has since been resurrected as an e-book), her first crime fiction novel, A Cold Day for Murder, won an Edgar award, her first thriller, Blindfold Game, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her twenty-eighth novel and nineteenth Kate Shugak novel, Restless in the Grave, comes out February 14, 2012.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stabenow's Alaska is the real thing., March 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Killing Grounds (Kate Shugak Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Having lived in Alaska for over thirty years now, I usually find books set in Alaska a disappointment. Stabenow's Alaska is the real thing, in all it's complex and contradictory detail. Her characters are people I know, and her settings are right-on. This book is no exception to her tradition of excellence. The plot is intriguing and keeps the reader guessing, and Stabenow's humor will make you laugh out loud.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stabenow Can't Write 'Em Fast Enough For Me, March 9, 1999

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N. Sausser "pucksau" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Killing Grounds (Kate Shugak Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I just can't get enough of Dana Stabenow's humorous and clever style of writing. I loved Break Up and this one is even better. It's the kind of story you want to read out loud to someone else so they can laugh too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spawning Murder, June 27, 2004

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Wendy Kaplan (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Killing Grounds (Turtleback)

In the eighth in the Alaskan Kate Shugak series, author Dana Stabenow lets us enjoy the Alaskan fishing scene during the wild and woooly salmon spawning season. And here I thought I knew all about it--salmon swim upstream, right?

Yes, but in the hundreds and thousands, and Kate is serving on an ancient fishing boat right in the thick of things. As we find out from this fascinating look at the salmon season, the work is backbreaking, intense, smelly and unending--and that's just the fights among the fishermen jockeying for a place to put their nets.

In the middle of this frantic fishing, which is governed by environmental and other laws, comes a nasty rogue aptly named Calvin Meany. He disregards the unwritten law of the waters, impinging on others' nets, catching their salmon, resorting to thuggery when he has to (and even when he doesn't), and beating on his crew--his own teenaged son.

Kate hates him on sight, as does everybody else, so when Meany turns up brutally murdered, it's hard to feel sorry. Still, Kate has to do her job. And her investigation into the nasty circumstances of the murder place her own life in jeopardy.

Another fast-paced, fascinating read from Stabenow!