A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1), by Dana Stabenow, is a masterful tale of generational conflict, of culture conflict, of the conflict between an aboriginal peoples and the moderns who are absorbing and erasing them using the ageless change makers--corruption and greed. But maybe the aboriginals are winning this one. Certainly with the help of author Dana Stabenow, the moderns are learning a new truth or two about life.

A Cold Day for Murder is a powerful tale of survival on an icy downhill slide. And Dana Stabenow is a brilliant writer filled with the passion of the Aleuts. This is her Edgar. You should have read this already. I’m racing back to amazon.com to purchase the rest of her works. I’ve just now found this splendid writer.

Oh, and yes, it is also an excellent mystery.