A grave denied / Dana Stabenow.
Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak hired him to thin the trees on her 160-acre homestead and was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property for Johnny Morgan, a teenaged boy in her care. But she, the Park's unofficial p.i., seems to have known less about him than anyone. Alaska is a place where anybody can bury his history and start fresh, and for any reason, but this particular mystery comes to light when Len Dreyer turns up murdered. His body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with the hole from a shotgun blast in his chest. No one even knew he was missing, but it turns out he's been missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer's background, in the hope of finding some reason for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger.-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312306814
- ISBN: 9780312306816
- ISBN: 0312985649
- ISBN: 9780312985646
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
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- Detective and mystery fiction.
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- 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spindale Public Library | M Sta (Text) | 30134100219675 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F STA (Text) | 80605000849660 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC STA (Text) | 31111002460762 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F STA (Text) | 34208201237210 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Stabenow (Text) | 540191001857809 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC Stabenow Dana (Text) | 30519006438017 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Manteo Library | F STA (Text) | 39488300604222 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | F STA (Text) | 80605001690170 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | F STA (Text) | 39488101015743 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Yancey County Public Library | FIC STA (Text) | 33333002015182 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak hired him to thin the trees on her 160-acre homestead and was planning to ask him to help build a small second cabin on her property for Johnny Morgan, a teenaged boy in her care. But she, the Park's unofficial p.i., seems to have known less about him than anyone. Alaska is a place where anybody can bury his history and start fresh, and for any reason, but this particular mystery comes to light when Len Dreyer turns up murdered. His body is discovered, frozen solid, in the path of a receding glacier with the hole from a shotgun blast in his chest. No one even knew he was missing, but it turns out he's been missing for months. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin asks Kate to help him dig into Dreyer's background, in the hope of finding some reason for his murder. She takes the case, mindful of the need for gainful employment as she copes with her responsibility for Johnny, a constant reminder of his father, her dead lover. Little does she imagine that by trying to provide for him she just might put him right in the path of danger.--
