Whisper to the Blood, Dana Stabenow
Whisper to the Blood, Dana Stabenow
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Whisper to the Blood
A Kate Shugak Novel

Author: Dana Stabenow

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2009

Synopsis

New York Times bestseller Dana Stabenow returns to her enormously popular Kate Shugak series with Whipser to the Blood

Inside Alaska's biggest national park, surrounding the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park, are uneasy. "But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce," is the refrain of Talia Macleod, the popular Alaskan skiing champ the company hired to improve their relations with Alaskans. And she promises much needed jobs to the locals.

But before she can make her way to every village in the area to make her case at town meetings and village breakfasts, there are two murders—one a long-standing mine opponent, and Ms. Macleod herself. Between that and a series of attacks on snow mobilers up the Kanuyaq River, not to mention the still-open homicide of Park villain Louis Deem last year, part-time P.I. and newly elected chairman of the Niniltna Native Association Kate Shugak has her hands very much full.

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

I would have given this 4.5 stars if I could. Kate Shugak novels are always good and this one is better than most. Gold has been discovered near the park and a major company is planning on digging a large open pit mine near Ninalta. Some park rats are against it, others are for it. It's not long bef......more

Goodreads review by Dianne

This book is both a new one with a new storyline and a continuation of [[ASIN:0312937547 A Deeper Sleep: A Kate Shugak Novel (Kate Shugak Novels)]] since we never really figured out who killed Louis Deem. I like the fact that in this book, Kate and Jim are having a real relationship. I love that Kate......more

Goodreads review by Carol

Dana Stabenow's mysteries take the reader to the heart of Alaska, deep in the wilds of a large national park based on Wrangell-St. Elias. Her detective, Kate Shugak, is part Athabaskan and part Aleut. She smart, strong, and wilderness-savvy. The tiny town of Niniltna has its cast of characters, but......more

Quotes

“Gavin superbly masters the pronunciation of native names and places as well as the cadence of native speakers, making this title an exquisite listening pleasure.” —AudioFile, Earphones Award winner

“Featuring highly original and well-drawn characters, the novel is yet another triumph for author Stabenow and an excellent platform for narrator Marguerite Gavin to showcase her talent. Her emotionally charged and intimate reading moves seamlessly from suspenseful scenes to Kate's domestic drama with her foster son and state trooper boyfriend. Through every plot twist, Gavin keeps listeners tightly hooked and empathetic toward to the characters.” —Publishers Weekly

“Gavin's multi-voiced reading is quite fine. She handles the Native American characters realistically and reveals Kate Shugak to be the painstaking, uncompromising character readers have come to expect.” —KLIATT on A Taint in the Blood

“Gavin does justice to the complex character of Kate and those who enter her sphere...[her] rather gravelly voice reflects Kate's untamed nature.” —Booklist on The Singing of the Dead

“Reader Marguerite Gavin has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion; she easily delivers the wry humor that is so much a part of a Kate Shugak book. Gavin moves smoothly from accent to accent without hesitation, recalling multiple characters perfectly and bringing to life a main character you wouldn't mind being snowed in with for a few days.” —AudioFile on The Singing of the Dead

“Gavin's rendering of Kate is exceptional, along with her tackling of various German accents. Listeners will find themselves tingling with fright as they are stalked alongside Kate.” —AudioFile on Hunter's Moon

“Marguerite Gavin has found a voice for Kate that captures--without being grating--a voice frazzled and nearly silenced in the violent struggle that caused Kate to leave her job as an investigator for the Anchorage D.A.'s office.” —AudioFile on A Cold Day for Murder

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