In Alaska, somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness… Fishermen who brave the great rivers…Tourists who attempt to do both. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's Park, people have been falling off the grid quite a bit lately. And as she and state trooper Jim Chopin are about to realize, it's got something to do with the recent discovery of the world's second-largest gold mine in their very own backyard. A hostile environmental activist organization has embraced Alaska's Suulutaq Mine as its reason for being, attracting more attention than many of the locals can tolerate. So it's almost a relief when Kate finally finds a body―this, more than politics, she can handle. Until the identity of the body vanishes, too… Now it's up to Kate and Jim to dig deeper into the mining controversy and find the truth about what's going on in her homeland. Even if that means facing down an enemy who will kill to keep certain secrets buried… "Stabenow is blessed with a rich prose style and a fine eye for detail...It's an outstanding series and one that has, in fact, won awards and begun to turn up on bestseller lists here in the Lower 48. If you've never visited Alaska, it's also an intriguing introduction to that big, brawling, rather bewildering state." -- The Washington Post "Stabenow deftly explores the environmental and economic impact of gold mining in her sizzling 17th novel to feature Alaska PI Kate Shugak." -- Publishers Weekly "This finely evoked world of sod-roofed cabins and mining pre-fabs is still a place well worth visiting." -- The Houston Chronicle "Kate Shugak, the Aleut private eye, demonstrates why she is considered one of the best among female sleuths in A Night Too Dark , the latest episode in Dana Stabenow's long-running Alaska-based series." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "Kate Shugak's dark side is on display in Stabenow's 17th series novel... There isn't a stone left unturned as Stabenow exhumes old memories and new problems in a book taut with danger." -- Romantic Times BOOKreviews Love, death, scandal, and the struggle for survival against a harsh Alaskan landscape-- it's all in a day's work for P.I. Kate Shugak in her latest tale of adventure from New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow In Alaska, somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness... Fishermen who brave the great rivers...Tourists who attempt to do both. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's Park, people have been falling off the grid quite a bit lately. And as she and state trooper Jim Chopin are about to realize, it's got something to do with the recent discovery of the world's second-largest gold mine in their very own backyard. "Kate Shugak demonstrates why she is...one of the best female sleuths in A Night Too Dark ." --San Diego Union-Tribune A hostile environmental activist organization has embraced Alaska's Suulutaq Mine as its reason for being, attracting more attention than many of the locals can tolerate. So it's almost a relief when Kate finally finds a body--this, more than politics, she can handle. Until the identity of the body vanishes, too... Now it's up to Kate and Jim to dig deeper into the mining controversy and find the truth about what's going on in her homeland. Even if that means facing down an enemy who will kill to keep certain secrets buried... "A splendid series."-- USA Today 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