A Night Too Dark, Dana Stabenow
A Night Too Dark, Dana Stabenow
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A Night Too Dark
A Kate Shugak Novel

Author: Dana Stabenow

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/16/2010


Synopsis

A Night Too Dark is New York Times bestselling writer Dana Stabenow's latest, the seventeenth in a series chronicling life, death, love, tragedy, mischief, controversy, nature, and survival in Alaska, America's last real frontier.

In Alaska, people disappear every day. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's Park, they've been disappearing a lot lately. Hikers head into the wilderness unprepared and get lost. Miners quit without notice at the busy Suulutaq Mine. Suicides leave farewell notes and vanish.

Not only are Park rats disappearing at an alarming rate, but so is life in the Park as Kate knows it. Alaska state trooper Jim Chopin's workload has increased to where he doesn't make it home three nights out of four, the controversial mine has seduced Johnny and his classmates with summer jobs and divided the Niniltna Native Association—the aunties are to a woman selling out—and a hostile environmental activist organization has embraced the Suulutaq Mine as their reason for being.

It's almost a relief when Kate finds a body. This she can handle.

Until the identity of the body vanishes, too.

In this latest Kate Shugak novel, the smart, sexy PI, her wolf/husky hybrid Mutt, and Chopper Jim are only just beginning to realize the fallout from the discovery of the world's second-largest gold mine in their backyard. "Mine change everything," Auntie Vi said in Whisper to the Blood (the previous book in the series and the first to hit the New York Times bestseller list).

And it's only just beginning.

About Dana Stabenow

Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage, Alaska and raised on a 75-foot fishing tender. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. Her first book in the bestselling Kate Shugak series, A Cold Day for Murder, received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.Follow Dana at stabenow.com

About Marguerite Gavin

Marguerite Gavin has recorded over three hundred audiobooks in numerous genres. Her work has won AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly Listen-Up awards as well as a nomination for the prestigious Audie award. AudioFile magazine says "Marguerite Gavin is an accomplished storyteller . . . with a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion, she easily delivers wry humor and moves smoothly from accent to accent, recalling multiple characters perfectly." Gavin divides her time as an actress between the sound studio and classical theater. She lives in the Washington, DC area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on March 05, 2018

I would give this book a 4.5 rating if I could. Another very good Kate Shugak novel, as she investigates a killing connected to a gold mine, and she also kills a charging grizzly. The killing of the grizzly alone is worth the price of the book. Of course Jim Chopin is present. The only thing I didn'......more

Goodreads review by Penny on August 02, 2020

4.5 stars. Solid mystery, with a surprising twist reveal as part of the series arc at the end. When you've been reading a series a long time, characters die. I get that, but it makes it no easier, or less heartbreaking.......more

Goodreads review by Dianne on November 19, 2024

A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow Things in the Park are changing, and not always necessarily for the better. Gold in huge quantities has been found as we know from the book,”Whisper to the Blood” I just don’t think anyone knew or ever will know exactly how huge a discovery this is. However, for now......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on March 02, 2010

Writing that's both perfectly burnished yet smoothly casual, Stabenow has such a great voice--the reader seems to be seated on Kate Shugak's shoulder listening to her inner thoughts. And man oh man, I feel that I know precisely how it feels to be charged by a large, angry bear. Wow!......more

Goodreads review by Judy on November 13, 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this story in the Kate Shugak series. Lots of new characters due to the new gold mine, some murders, some intrigue, and lots of love.......more


Quotes

“Alaskan P.I. Kate Shugak is expertly portrayed by Marguerite Gavin...Listeners will enjoy the twists of the mystery as well as the presentation.” —AudioFile

“Experienced stage and screen actress Marguerite Gavin narrates and does so wonderfully. She brings the novel and characters to life.” —SoundCommentary.com

“Grade: A. Some of the greatest mystery writers enrich us with their wonderful sense of place. Stabenow is one of them: Alaska's answer to Tony Hillerman, she brings us the sights and sounds that few visitors will ever know. . . . If you haven't discovered Stabenow yet, start here--then go back to A Cold Day for Murder and enjoy the whole story.” —Rocky Mountain News on Whisper to the Blood

“Excellent . . . No one writes more vividly about the hardships and rewards of living in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the hardy but frequently flawed characters who choose to call it home. This is a richly rewarding regional series that continues to grow in power as it grows in length.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Whisper to the Blood

“There are now sixteen Kate Shugak novels in this excellent series set in backwoods Alaska, and rather than losing steam, Stabenow is building it. Whisper to the Blood is the best Shugak so far. . . . Stabenow is terrific at building a story and keeping the suspense tight and the story moving.” —The Globe and Mail on Whisper to the Blood

“One of the best . . . A dynamite combination of atmosphere, action, and character.” —Booklist (starred review) on Whisper to the Blood

“When I'm casting about for an antidote to the sugary female sleuths . . . Kate Shugak, the Aleut private investigator in Dana Stabenow's Alaskan mysteries, invariably comes to mind.” —The New York Times on A Deeper Sleep

“Stabenow once again presents us with a cleverly conceived and crisply written thriller that provides a provocative glimpse of life as it is lived and justice as it is served on America's last frontier.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune on A Deeper Sleep