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"Claire Stanfield became a lawyer to make her father proud, but after a troubling case leaves her shaken, she escapes to Alaska and immerses herself in the world of dog sledding. Dillon Cord became a police officer to serve his community, but he moves to Nome in the wake of a life-altering incident. For both, the Iditarod-the toughest sled dog race in the world-offers a chance for forgiveness, redemption, and healing. After meeting unexpectedly just...

3) The curious eat themselves

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Series

Cecil Younger mysteries volume 2

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When Louise Root, a new client of Cecil Younger, is found murdered, the private investigator finds himself in the middle of an environmental law violation that has deadly repercussions. Cecil finds he is unable to leave behind Root, especially after her ex-lover Hannah asks him for help. On top of it all, Global Mining, the company that runs the gold mine where Root's body was found, hires Younger to get the dirt on an environmentalist who has a connection...

4) Baby's first felony

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Series

Cecil Younger mysteries volume 7
A Cecil Younger investigation volume 7

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"Shamus Award-winner and critical darling John Straley returns to his beloved Cecil Younger series, set in Sitka, Alaska. Criminal defense investigator Cecil Younger spends his days coaching felons on how to avoid incriminating themselves. He and his colleague have even started writing a helpful handbook with tips such as: Don't wear the tennis shoes you stole to court when the guy you stole them from will be there to testify and his name is still...

5) My polar paw: Alaskan animals

Author

Wengler, Allison

Pub. Date

c2011

6) The woman who married a bear

Author

Series

Cecil Younger mysteries volume 1

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Cecil Younger, local Alaskan investigator, is neither good at his job nor great at staying sober. When an old Tlingit woman, unimpressed by the police's investigation, hires him to discover why her son, a big game guide, was murdered, he takes the case without much conviction that he'll discover anything new. But after a failed assassination attempt and the discovery of previously missed evidence, Younger finds himself traveling across Alaska to discover...

7) Bomo and the beef snacks: a story of friendship and promises along the Iditarod trail

Author

Derrickson, Jim

Pub. Date

c2001

8) The Alaskan: a novel of the North

Author

Curwood, James Oliver

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts. This is a story about a girl that goes on a journey of adventure weaved with many fateful coincidences. She solves a mystery, gets to know many new people and helps her father outfox his enemy.

9) Sleeping lady: an Alex Jensen mystery

Author

Henry, Sue

Series

Alaska mysteries volume 3

Pub. Date

c1996

10) Cold storage, Alaska

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Series

Cold storage novels volume 2

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"Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you're zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its natural hot springs, the town enjoyed prosperity in the mid-20th Century, at the height of the frozen fish boom. But now the cold storage plant is all but abandoned and the population is shrinking every...

11) No fixed line

Author

Stabenow, Dana

Series

Kate Shugak mysteries volume 22

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It is New Year's Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that has locked Alaska down, effectively cutting it off from the outside world. But now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains. With the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board—responsible for investigating aviation incidents) unable to reach the crash site, ex-trooper Jim Chopin is pulled out of retirement to try to identify the aircraft, collect the corpses,...

12) Against the wild

Author

Martin, Kat

Series

Brodies of Alaska volume 1
Thorndike Press Large Print Core

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eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print

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New York Times-Bestselling Author: "Powerful . . . Intense mystery and sensual love scenes will lure readers into this novel and not let go until the final page." —Publishers Weekly

It's been three years since Lane Bishop tragically lost her fiancé, and she's finally ready to risk her heart on someone else. The hot look in Dylan Brodie's eyes says he's going to be that man.

But when Lane...

13) Termination dust

Author

Henry, Sue

Series

Alaska mysteries volume 2

Pub. Date

c1995

14) Bad blood

Author

Stabenow, Dana

Series

Kate Shugak mysteries volume 20

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New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow's latest, Bad Blood, finds Kate Shugak entangled in a bitter tribal rivalry and murder

In Alaska, one hundred years of bad blood between the villages of Kushtaka and Kuskulana come to a boil when the body of a young Kushtaka ne'er-do-well is found wedged in a fish wheel. Sergeant Jim Chopin's prime suspect is a Kuskulana man who is already in trouble in both villages for

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15) A night too dark: a Kate Shugak novel

Author

Stabenow, Dana

Series

Kate Shugak mysteries volume 17

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Description

When a man believed to have committed suicide reappears from the wilderness, Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Trooper Jim Chopin struggle to identify the remains of a mysterious victim, a case that is complicated by political factors at the local gold mine.

16) To the bright edge of the world

Author

Ivey, Eowyn

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eAudiobook, Large Print

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In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads an exploratory expedition up the Wolverine River and into the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return. As they map the territory and gather information on native tribes, whose understanding of the natural world is unlike anything...

17) Akiak: a tale from the Iditarod

Author

Blake, Robert J

Pub. Date

c1997

Description

Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

18) Larry gets lost in Alaska

Author

Mullin, Michael

Series

Larry gets lost

Pub. Date

2012

19) Legend of the Ghost Dog

Author

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Description

Twelve-year-old Tee has just moved to Nome, Alaska, with her writer father and sullen little brother, Jack. Jack isn''t happy about the idea of living in the middle of nowhere, but Tee and her dog, Henry, are thrilled-so much open space to run around and sniff! But on a walk near their new house, Henry spots something that has him seriously spooked. Tee sees a mysterious shadow, and it seems to be following them. Have they disturbed a restless spirit?...

20) Cozy

Author

Brett, Jan

Pub. Date

[2020]

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