When a floatplane mysteriously explodes above the Alaska wilderness, investigators begin digging into the lives of the five passengers and the pilot. Was the target of the bomb the U.S. senator in the midst of a hotly contended re-election campaign or her husband, a corporate raider with no shortage of enemies? Or could the bomb have been meant for the cannery owner involved in a contentious divorce, or the refuge manager who has a long list of adversaries, including one who has vowed to get even with him. Even the pilot could have been the target, since his girlfriend has violent tendencies and knows how to use explosives. Dr. Jane Marcus is determined to find who murdered her young assistant and the other passengers and the pilot of the floatplane, but when her own life is threatened, she knows she must find the murderer, before she becomes the next victim. Research biologist Jane Marcus sensessomething bad has happened as she stands on the dock waiting for the overdue floatplanecarrying Craig, her young research assistant.Craig has been on the other side of Kodiak Island digging clams thatJane plans to test for the presence of a toxin that may have caused the deathof a woman on that side of the island.It is a beautiful day for flying, but the plane is an hour late, andwhen the head pilot for the air-charter company arrives at the dock to go insearch of the missing plane, Jane accompanies him. The pilot assures Jane that the plane isprobably stuck on the beach somewhere, but when they fly through a mountainpass, they spot pieces of the plane and debris scattered in a remote valley. Verylittle remains of the five passengers and the pilot, and investigators soondetermine that the plane was blown apart in mid-air by a violent explosion froma bomb placed inside the cabin. Jane grieves for Craig and feelsresponsible for sending him on the field trip instead of going herself. She is determined to find out who planted theexplosive device that killed her assistant, but to find the murderer, she firstmust determine who the intended target of the bomb was. The passengers on the plane included a U.S.senator in the midst of a nasty re-election campaign and the senator's husband,a corporate raider with no shortage of enemies.The FBI and Alaska State Troopers focus their investigation on thesenator and her husband, but Jane knows that each of the other passengers, andeven the young pilot, has at least one person in his life with the means andmotive to blow up the airplane, and she convinces FBI Special Agent Nick Morganto investigate these suspects as well. Darren Myers, the owner of a salmoncannery was going through a bitter divorce, and his wife, Maryann, admits sheis happy he is dead. Dick Simms, thewildlife refuge manager was threatened by renegade guide, George Wall, afterSimms conducted a sting operation to catch Wall in the act of breaking severalfish and game laws. Jane also learnsthat Wall served a prison sentence several years earlier when he was convictedof blowing up his girlfriend's father's truck.Bill Watson, the pilot of the ill-fated plane, had a girlfriend who waspossessive and demanding and also has a violent streak. She once smashed in the windshield of Bill'struck when he went out with his friends instead of spending time with her. Furthermore, she grew up in the wildernessand was heard talking about how she had enjoyed helping her dad use dynamite toexcavate an area of their property. Jane'smany questions pull her into the center of the investigation, and soon her ownlife is threatened. Since the clamsCraig collected were blown up with the airplane, Jane must fly to the otherside of Kodiak Island and repeat the collection. She is happy to head out into the wildernessand leave town and the threats on her life behind her, but is she flying awayfrom danger or toward it? Will themystery of who blew up the airplane follow her? If you love mysteries and the excitement of the Alaskanwilderness, download your copy of MurderOver Kodiak today. Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master's degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has been published in scientific publications and APHA Magazine and writes a wilderness blog and her lodge's newsletter. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing.