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    Murder on the Iditarod Trail: An Alaskan Mystery
    Murder on the Iditarod Trail: An Alaskan Mystery
    Murder on the Iditarod Trail: An Alaskan Mystery
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    Murder on the Iditarod Trail: An Alaskan Mystery

    By Sue Henry

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    “Adrenaline-pumping . . . [A] polished action mystery . . . [with] dazzling Arctic sights.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
     
    Winner of the Macavity Award and the Anthony Award
     
    Murder on the Iditarod Trail is a gripping mystery set during Alaska’s world-famous Iditarod: a grueling eleven-hundred-mile dogsled race across hazardous Arctic terrain.
     
    It is an arduous sport, but not a deadly one. But suddenly the top Iditarod contestants are dying in bizarre ways: first a veteran musher smashes into a tree, then competitors begin turning up dead, with each murder more brutal than the last. State trooper Alex Jensen begins a homicide investigation, determined to track down the killer before more blood stains the pristine Alaskan snow. Meanwhile, Jessie Arnold, Alaska’s premier female musher, has a shot at winning for the first time. But as her position in the race improves, so do her chances of being the killer’s next target.
     
    As the mushers thread their way through the treacherous trails, Jessie and Jensen are drawn deep into the frozen heart of the perilous wild: where nature can kill as easily as a bullet and only the Arctic night can hear your final screams.
     
    “Engrossing . . . The howling winds, the snow, the ice, the dancing away from wolves, the crazing fatigue, the welcome heat and food, are almost palpable.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
     
    “Excellent . . . well-paced, well-conceived, engrossing . . . moves along like a healthy, well-trained dog team.” —The Anchorage Times
     
    “A book that will give you a feel for how the Iditarod is . . . Sue Henry has a genius for characterization, plot, and setting.” —Mystery News
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 9, 2015
    ISBN9780802191656
    Murder on the Iditarod Trail: An Alaskan Mystery
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    Sue Henry

    Sue Henry, whose award-winning Alaska mysteries have received the highest praise from readers and critics alike, has lived in Alaska for almost thirty years, and brings history, Alaskan lore, and the majestic beauty of the vast landscape to her mysteries. Based in Anchorage, she is currently at work on the next book in this series.

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    • 3/5
      Set in Alaska.
      Having been there several times and eager to return and spend much much more time there, I'm enjoying these Sue Henry books set there.
      Good mysteries and good info on more of Alaska locales, traditions.
      I'll be reading the series.
      Read in 2004.
    • 4/5
      This was a fun read. It felt more like an adventure during an Iditarod run than a mystery, but everything did tie up neatly in the end and the guilty party was caught. I enjoyed the story of the run, the personalities involved and the adventrue of the race.
    • 4/5
      Good story, and very informative about the Iditarod Trail race.
    • 3/5
      This is the first installment in the series of books featuring the musher Jessie Arnold. Right from the start the Iditarod, the legendary dog sled race across Alaska, is beset by weird accidents. The Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen starts to investigate and soon figures out that there is intent behind these events. He soon engages the help of Jessie. The two quickly grow close as events escalate. As the race goes on the list of suspects, which are among the leaders of the race shrinks and Jessie finds herself the next target.

      Reading this right after Winterdance by Gary Paulsen, who painted such a vivid picture of the race conditions, this sounded as though the changes introduced in the intervening 20 years or so - notably the forced layovers at the checkpoints - did make race somewhat less dramatic. Or maybe it was that the race itself did really not figure as prominently in this book.

      Overall an enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      The mystery part of the book was pretty obvious from the get-go. It is the setting of the race and all the details and history of the event that Henry includes that makes this book an interesting read.
    • 3/5
      Enjoyed this simply because I love the Iditarod!!
    • 3/5
      The author really puts you on the sleds right along with the mushers and their dogs! The mystery is good but there were two passages that were slightly messed up, as if the author’s attention slipped and the mistakes weren’t caught by editors, and it spoiled the flow of the story temporarily but the strength of the writing was so good that it didn’t matter. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      The Iditarod Trail is Alaska’s famous dog sled race that takes two weeks to cover 1040 miles. It is a very difficult sporting event for the musher and his/her dogs who faces the extremely cold temperatures causing frost bite plus the fatigue resulting from the physical challenges and lack of sleep.While no competitors have ever died during the event’s history, in this novel three top competitors appeared to have been murdered while on the trail. Sergeant Alex Jensen tries to figure out who is the killer before he or she kills again. Alex connects with Jessie Arnold who is a top musher and who seems to be on the killer’s hit list.Lots of action and multiple suspects keep the action flowing while the listener learns about the rules and the difficulties a competitor faces while participating in the Iditarod.
    • 4/5
      I’ve been meaning to read this book for a long time because Sue Henry also writes a series of mysteries with a woman RVer that I have enjoyed. I knew that this book was her first and that it had won awards (Anthony Award for Best First Mystery and Macavity Award for Best First Mystery). After reading this book I can say that the awards were well deserved.The Iditarod Trail is a race of more than 1000 miles run by dogsleds between Anchorage and Nome Alaska. It is a test of the dog handler’s skill, the dogs’ endurance and the ability of all to withstand the chilling temperatures, the long hours, the physical challenges of the terrain and whatever weather gets thrown at them. When you add in someone who decides to commit murder the odds are really stacked against the competitors. Trooper Alex Jensen gets called in to investigate when one veteran musher is killed when he impacts a tree and a sharp branch penetrates through his eye into his brain. Although they are not sure he was murdered it looks very suspicious. Before any decision can be made on that death another occurs further down the trail and this time it is pretty clear it was caused by someone cutting almost through a line on the sled. There was a murderer on the race. Jensen becomes friendly with Jessie Arnold, a woman racer, and she gives him some tips about the race. Before long the two of them realize they are attracted to each other. Now Jensen has a personal reason for wanting to catch the killer.Along the trail, from checkpoint to checkpoint, we follow the racers and Jensen and his team. One other racer is killed and several more are injured badly enough to be scratched from the race. Will Jessie be the next one? Or will she hang on to win first place? Read the book to find out. I guarantee you will be caught up in the excitement.

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