White Heat, M. J. McGrath
White Heat, M. J. McGrath
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White Heat

Author: M. J. McGrath

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 13 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2011

Synopsis

Half Inuit and half outsider, Edie Kiglatuk is the best guide in her corner of the Arctic. But as a woman, she gets only grudging respect from the elders who rule her isolated community on Ellesmere Island. When a man is shot and killed while out on an authentic Arctic adventure under her watch, the murder attracts the attention of police sergeant Derek Palliser. As Edie sets out to discover what those tourists were really after, she is shocked by the suicide of someone very close to her. Though these events are seemingly unrelated, Edies Inuit hunter sensibility tells her otherwise. With or without Dereks help, she is determined to find the key to this connectiona search that takes her beyond her small village and into the far reaches of the tundra. White Heat is a stunning debut novel set in an utterly foreign culture amid an unforgiving landscape of ice and rock, of spirit ancestors and neverrotting bones. A suspensefilled adventure story that will captivate fans of Henning Mankells bestselling mysteries, this book marks the start of an exciting new series.

About M. J. McGrath

M. J. McGrath is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and the novels The Boy in the Snow and White Heat, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime and mystery novel of the year. She currently lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Belinda on May 03, 2019

4 sterren - Nederlandse paperback 🍒🍒🍒 Gevonden in de minibieb in Venlo. Hij gaat morgen weer terug voor de volgende lezer. ☘️☘️☘️ Quote uit het boek: Al snel voelde ze iets anders dan steen, schelp, schalie of ijs, iets wat leek op een plukje Wolga of korstmos... maar Edie was jager genoeg om de infor......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 25, 2016

Having read all of Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak mysteries set in Alaska, MJ McGrath's Edie Kiglatuk series seemed quite similar although the latter is based on arctic Quebec, across the sea from Greenland. Edie has some of the same issues of alcoholism and a dysfunctional love life, but is more of a......more

Goodreads review by Raven on October 20, 2012

Set in the icy wastes of a small Inuit community in the High Arctic on Ellsemere Island and the fictional Craig Island this is a tale of the harsh realities of survival and murder. The story centres on a community facing the common woes of an indigenous people subjected to their dependence on a larg......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on September 24, 2011

I seriously tried to read this book but I struggled through it and finally gave up on page 187. I know I was halfway through it but the book could not keep my attention. I am not a reader who gives up on a book very often, I never start a book I don't think I can't finish, so I was kinda upset with......more

Goodreads review by Kari on October 05, 2011

White Heat is beautifully written. The author did a wonderful job of describing the area in which the story took place. As I was reading, I really felt like I had been dropped in the Arctic region. Her descriptions of the landscape make me want to visit there myself someday. I also really liked her......more

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