“A Fatal Thaw”, the second Kate Shugak book, is a substantial improvement on the first: the plot is more complicated, the characterisation is stronger, and the descriptions of Alaska and its people are sharp, vivid and memorable. This was the book that made me eager to read the rest of the series. Dana Stabenow makes … Continue reading “A Fatal Thaw” – Kate Shugak #2 by Dana Stabenow – great sense of place as Kate’s isolation starts to thaw