Play with fire
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In Alaska, PI Kate Shugak investigates a religious sect whose followers will stop at nothing to rid their community of an unbeliever, even if he is their leader's son. The story begins when she discovers a body while picking mushrooms.
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19 primary books25 released books#5 in Kate Shugak
Kate Shugak is a 25-book series with 19 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Dana Stabenow.
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Disappointing. While the descriptions of Alaskans and Alaska are good, the repetitious religion bashing screeds are tiresome.
Another good book in the Kate Shugak series.
In this one, Kate finds a body while picking mushrooms in a burned off forest area. It at first appears to be misadventure, but Kate isn't sure and her investigator's itch starts acting up. Thus hangs the tale.
This story doesn't put Kate in much personal danger (unlike previous novels). However she does meet up with some thoroughly unpleasant folk belonging to a religious cult. How do you get to the bottom of a mystery when people refuse to talk to you? If you are Kate Shugak, you find a way.
Alaska itself is a major character in this story.
Perhaps not as exciting as earlier books in the series, but still a good read. 3.5 stars rounded up.
