• Blood Will Tell

  • A Kate Shugak Novel, Book 6
  • By: Dana Stabenow
  • Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
  • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (440 ratings)

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Blood Will Tell

By: Dana Stabenow
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
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It's a crisp, snowless October in The Park. The root cellar is full, the cordwood is stacked, the oil drums are filled and there’s a freshly-butchered moose in her cache, but Kate Shugak must leave her cabin and head into the chaos of Anchorage, where the Alaska Federation of Natives’ annual convention is being held. Why? Because board members of the Niniltna Native Association have been dying...board members who just happened to oppose a lucrative new development project. If it’s just a coincidence, perhaps Kate will find nothing, but this is Alaska - politics and profit are constantly at odds with conservation and traditional practices, and anyone looking too closely is likely to discover something unsavory.

©2011 Dana Stabenow (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Great.

A wonderful story. Well written and well spoken. I look forward to the next one.

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Kate Shaguk Stalker and Identity Thief!

Although I still like Kate and love the series' exploration of Alaskan culture I am frustrated by Kate's behavior in this book. She stole an identity, stole money, and acted as a stalker. I suspend my belief often while reading because I am a big fan of mysteries and they often require it. But in this case the crimes were not committed while solving a crime... they were planned and premeditated acts. It really concerned me that these acts were justified by Kate to herself and to Jack, and justified by the author to the reader.

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Another great Kate!

I really love this series. The scene with Jack and Kate in Nordstroms was wonderful and made me love Kate all the more.

Marguerite Gavin does a bang up job as well. She's one of my favorites.

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The best book in the series so far

I have to start a series from book 1, which in this case was " A Cold Day for Murder" a competent whodunnit that introduced the Aleutian Native American who lives, with her half wolf half husky bitch, Mutt, on her homestead in an Alaskan National Park. It was fun but showing it's age a little.(it was published in 1992). Initially I found Marguerite Gavin's reading style a little distracting - great dialog but too sing song on the text.

I've now listened to the first six books in the series and my view on everything has changed. Kate is now a richly written character, set in the context of an Alaskan society and a family and cultural history that each book has done more to explain.

"Blood Will Tell" moves Kate's life forward in emotionally intense ways, draws on characters from previous books to add depth and continuity and still provides a satisfying mystery to be resolved.

I'm now in love with how Margurerite Gavin reads the books. She is the voice of Kate Shugak and I have finally understood that the slightly sing song style is an echo of a Native American story telling tradition

I strongly recommend this book to all readers looking for a "detective" that is also a human being they can care about and root for.

By now, Dana Stabenow has published twenty Kate Shugak novels. Books sixteen to twenty are available on audible.com. The earlier books are still being recorded. Brilliance Audio released book six, "Blood Will Tell" in June and Audible picked it up. Book seven "Break Up" is due to be released in September 2013. I'll be ordering it as soon as it's available on Audible.

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Character development!

The characters are developing so well in this series that I really care about what happens to them, good or bad.

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Very Good Suspense Novel

While the previous book in this series was a disappointment, this book justified my decision to continue in spite of that.

The story here is very strong, even if more than a bit politically loaded. The world of Aleut and Yupik residents of Alaska is invoked very effectively. And the development of the character of Kate Shugak, including her relationship to her boyfriend(?) is fascinating, believable, and relatable.

And the ending of the story is very strong indeed.

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Good but not the best

Good story. Kate went a bit overboard in some areas, but overall good. The narrator made the storyline and made Kate's emotions real. Overall a 4 out of 5.

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Dinah and Religion

First, Dana and her characters do not criticize Christ but have a lot to say about so-called Christians who use their beliefs to justify violence and bigotry. Although this novel is more than 30 years old, the plot could be happening in present day Florida.

I love this series for the main characters: Kate, Mutt, Jack and Bobby. Dana writes amazing female characters, strong and independent and humorous. New resident Dinah fits into this category except for her age; no one is that confident and mature at 21 or 22. I am not a fan of couples when one partner old enough to be the parent of the other.

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excellent

excellent read good plot. i have read these out of order and fully enjoyed all so far

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Love these books!

Found this writer very later in this series but I absolutely love them. The narrator is wonderful and the stories are interesting and wonderfully woven....I find myself feeling like I'm actually there and just watching from the sidelines!

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