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Spoils of the Dead
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'Outstanding... Rich in details of Alaskan life, history, and archaeology, this fast-paced mystery builds to a satisfying conclusion. Fans will hope they won't have to wait another eight years for Liam's next outing' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
IT'S A NEW START FOR ALASKA STATE TROOPER LIAM CAMPBELL – BUT THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS.
It's Labor Day in Blewestown, Alaska, and it seems most of the town's thirty-five hundred residents have turned out to celebrate. Not Liam Campbell, though.
He's been in town for about a week when an archaeologist invites Liam out to his dig site. He's on the verge of a momentous discovery, one he says will be well worth the State Trooper's time.
Two days later, the archaeologist is dead, and Liam Campbell is about to learn that he's traded one troubled bush town for another.
Praise for Dana Stabenow:
'Cleverly conceived and crisply written thrillers that provide a provocative glimpse of life as it is lived, and justice as it is served, on America's last frontier' San Diego Union-Tribune
'No one writes more vividly about the hardships and rewards of living in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the hardy but frequently flawed characters who choose to call it home' Publishers Weekly
'If you have in mind a long trip anywhere, including Alaska, this is the book to put in your backpack' Washington Times
IT'S A NEW START FOR ALASKA STATE TROOPER LIAM CAMPBELL – BUT THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS.
It's Labor Day in Blewestown, Alaska, and it seems most of the town's thirty-five hundred residents have turned out to celebrate. Not Liam Campbell, though.
He's been in town for about a week when an archaeologist invites Liam out to his dig site. He's on the verge of a momentous discovery, one he says will be well worth the State Trooper's time.
Two days later, the archaeologist is dead, and Liam Campbell is about to learn that he's traded one troubled bush town for another.
Praise for Dana Stabenow:
'Cleverly conceived and crisply written thrillers that provide a provocative glimpse of life as it is lived, and justice as it is served, on America's last frontier' San Diego Union-Tribune
'No one writes more vividly about the hardships and rewards of living in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the hardy but frequently flawed characters who choose to call it home' Publishers Weekly
'If you have in mind a long trip anywhere, including Alaska, this is the book to put in your backpack' Washington Times
Author
Dana Stabenow
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
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Rating: 3.625 out of 5 stars
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20 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The fifth entry in the Liam Campbell series is an entertaining read. The murder mystery ties together a thirty year old missing person with a current archeological finding, The characters, both new and recurring are interesting. But the high point, as in much of Stabenow's writing is Alaska itself.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Liam and Wy are back and on the move to another part of Alaska. Blewestown is likely the whitest town in Alaska and his reception is quite unwelcoming. First, the town police chief warns him to stay out of town business. Then the local judge tells him she will hold him to the absolute letter of the law and will not tolerate any excess violence.One of the few friendlies in town gets murdered as a historical dig that also produces the thirty-year-old remains of a young boy. and away we go, great main characters and a unique location enable the author to produce a long-awaited but good episode in this sort of overlooked series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spoils of the Dead is the fifth instalment in the Liam Campbell series. Liam and Wy have moved to a new Alaska Trooper post, but the situation remains the same. Characters names changed but were the same as those in Newanam. The mystery is fairly simple, and it's not solved by our heroes. Nevertheless, i enjoyed the book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I'm editing this review to add this disclaimer: I bought this book (pre-ordered it) before there was any synopsis for it. Had there been one, I wouldn't have been so shocked and disappointed with this book...no, actually, I still would have been disappointed.What a disappointment. Other than Liam still being a Trooper-everything else has changed. I feel like I missed one or two books. Apparently, a number of years have gone by, and we are only treated to the briefest of explanations of what happened to some of our most beloved characters. Wy has sold her business, and they have moved into a big city -no real explanation for that other than they were tired of living where they were. Tim doesn't even live with them anymore, and there is only a brief phone call between him and Wy. But Jo is still around and an even bigger bitch than she was in the past books.The mystery was so easy to solve that a toddler could have figured it out. I'm just about positive that I won't be buying any more books in this particular series. The only reason I didn't give it a one-star rating is that I managed to finish it without splitting a gut laughing.
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