Called up from Barrow, Alaska, to investigate a double murder on the Chukchi Sea, Inupiat police officer Ray Attla tries to find a link between a young Alaska athlete and a missing crewman from a Russian ship. Both were killed in the same manner. The double homicide threatens to become a dangerous international confrontation unless Ray can cut a path to the murderer.
Perhaps winter in Northern Michigan brings out my desire to prove to myself that there ARE people in the world who are colder than I am, and that's why I have been reading mystery novels with Alaska settings. Whatever the reason, "A Deadly Quiet" is one of the best I've read in recent months. Christopher Lane's prose is masterful, and evocative of the shivering stillness and sheets of snow. The characters are sharp against the landscape, and the setting is unusual and intriguing. I recommend this book: it's well written and suspenseful. Perfect for a quiet evening by a fire!
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