A Night Too Dark

A Kate Shugak Novel

By: Dana Stabenow

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

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.

State of suspense: listen to more Alaskan mysteries in the Kate Shugak series.©2010 Dana Stabenow (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“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

Really entertaining

I really enjoyed this book. Great Humor, romance, quirky who dunnit twists and great characters. I had originally started this series on the 11th book and got hooked so I went back to the 1st one and have listened to them all. I've come to enjoy Marguerite Gavin's interpretations of each character.

The Best

Loved it again. I've read it many times, and then still listened again. The best.

boring

i usually love these books, but there are only 2 hours left and if something happens now it will be to little to late

A big disappointment

I have read many books by this author which I enjoyed very much. However, this book was a big disappointment. It is not up to her usual standards. Still love audible though and will be buying a bunch more.

Too many mispronunciations...

I've read all of Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series and Liam Campbell series and enjoyed every one immensely. I have lived in Alaska for decades. When I first arrived in 1980, I struggled with the strange names of places, and still have difficulty. So I do empathize with the narrator, but I wish she had at least done some homework or consulted with the author on how to say some of the obviously foreign-looking words. Her mangled pronunciations of many of the nonfictional places were very off-putting and distracting. Glaring examples are: Tok - pronounced toke, not talk. Valdez - pronounced valdeeez, not valdez. Kenai - pronounced keen-eye, not k-neye. There are more, but I've made my point.

Simply the Best

Stabenow never fails to intrigue, surprise and entertain me with her beautifully crafted novels. Though each book is richly satisfying, she has always left me hungry for the next entry in this series.

Another good book

I liked this book. It's the kind of book you want to read while you're curled up by the fire on a cold winter day. It's not horrifying or erotic, just a smooth read. The author uses enough 'color' in her verbiage to keep you wanting to read more.

Love Alaska

Stabenow does such a great job with character development, making you feel like these are your friends.

One of the better Shugak books.

I keep returning to these books despite the fact that they are up and down in quality and at times I have been completely disappointed. Why? Because I love the premise. I love the small group of characters who live in the park featured in the series. Old Sam, the Aunties, Jim, Johnny, Dinah, Katya and especially Bobby. These characters are unique, funny, stubborn, loyal, mysterious and intriguing. I also love the setting. Alaska has its own life and stands as its own character... and the books in the series that warrant an above average rating are those that focus on the craziness of life in the park. This installment does some of that -- not enough for my liking, but enough to give her 3.3 stars.

My favorite author writes another surprising plot

Loved the exciting and unpredictable plot set with exacting detail of Alaskan bush life,. Dana Stabenow writes with love for the land, the people and the way of life.