Dead in the water
1993 • 217 pages

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Two crewmen of the crab vessel Avilda are missing—presumed dead—under very suspicious circumstances. The Bering Sea offers ample means and opportunity, but without bodies, a motive, or evidence of foul play, the DA doesn’t have a case. And so, freelancing again for her former employer, Kate Shugak finds herself working undercover in one of Alaska’s most dangerous professions: crab fisherman. It’s an assignment that will take her from the debauchery of Dutch Harbor to the most isolated of the Aleutians, and if the job itself doesn’t kill her, her unsavory crewmates just might.

Third in Stabenow’s Edgar Award-winning series of Alaskan mysteries, Dead in the Water is richly informed by the author’s own upbringing aboard an Alaskan fishing vessel.

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#3 in Kate Shugak

Kate Shugak is a 27-book series with 20 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Dana Stabenow, Christopher Golden, and 18 others.

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A Cold Day For Murder
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A Fatal Thaw
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Dead in the water
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Play with fire
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Blood Will Tell

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I don't know how I finished this before. I guess I have less tolerance for stupid behavior now? I won't say what she did, but when Kate did something very dangerous with no forethought whatsoever, I just couldn't buy it.

You will learn a lot about Alaska crab fishing boats


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