Dead in the water : a Kate Shugak mystery
(Book)

She's a savvy investigator with the cool toughness of Sam Spade--and a smile that could melt a block of ice. Once the star of the Anchorage D.A.'s office, she's gone back to her roots in the far Alaska north. But Kate's taken her talent for detection along...and trouble knows where to find her. There are some pretty tough men on an Alaskan fishing boat...and now one very tough woman is about to join the crew. Kate's working undercover to find out why two crew members disappeared from a boat on the Bering Sea. But while she's casting her net for a killer, she may also be courting disaster...