Midnight Come Again

A Kate Shugak Novel

By: Dana Stabenow

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Book 10: A Kate Shugak Novel

Edgar Award winner Dana Stabenow has written numerous atmospheric crime novels featuring the very prickly, very human Kate Shugak, but her novels also have a scene-stealing costar: Alaska, unforgiving, breathtaking, dangerous, and beautiful. Stabenow's evocation of this wilderness, combined with her talent for bringing characters to life and creating knuckle-whitening suspense, has made her "one of the strongest voices in crime fiction." (Seattle Times).

Now in Midnight Come Again, all these elements come together for Stabenow's most compelling Kate Shugak novel to date.

Kate, a former investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and now a P.I. for hire, is missing after a winter spent in mourning. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin, Kate's best friend, needs her to help him work a new case. He discovers her hiding out in Bering, a small fishing village on Alaska's western coast, living and working under an assumed name-- working hard, as eighteen-hour workdays seem to be her only justification for getting up in the morning. But before they can even discuss Kate's last several months, or what Jim is doing looking for her in Bering, they're up to their eyes in Jim's case, which is suddenly more complicated-- and more dangerous-- than they suspected.

A magnificent crime novel about life in America's last wilderness, the heart-wrenching grief that goes with love, and murder, Midnight Come Again is Dana Stabenow's best novel to date.

©2000 Dana Stabenow (P)2000 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Stabenow's evocation of the Kuskokwim delta and its inhabitants is as artful as her portrayal of the Alaskan bush country." (Publishers Weekly)
"Every time I think Dana Stabenow has gotten as good as she can get, she comes up with something better." (Washington Times)

Best

This was one of if not the best Kate Shugak book I have read yet. The last few chapters, specifically the ending brought this man to tears.

An exciting series!

Any additional comments?

This is the second time that I have read all of the "Kate Shugak" novels back to back and in order, both because the novels are exciting, darkly humorous, well written, and entertaining, but most of all, because I have either visited or lived in every location Kate has. This makes Kate's experiences all the more vivid.
Dana Stabenow has the gift of really making those locations and Kate's experiences come alive to the reader.

Midnight come again

I enjoy thid ladys books tre mendously the action the people the scenrry a nd the truely human emotion😄😄

Another Fine Stabenow Work

It was difficult to read this book, in that it was difficult to grieve so fully with someone like Kate. Stabenow handled that emotional challenge deftly, as well as the intricate plot and characterizations. I will say the narration seemed a bit lackluster. Either this was the first book Gavin narrated in the series (which would be odd and out of order, since she narrated the 10 before), or she was under the weather the whole time.

Great Characters

Another great Kate Schugak Alaska mystery. I can just picture Kate getting lost somewhere in Alaska after major trauma. Main characters are Kate and Chopper Jim...oh and Mutt plays a big role--defending Kate's honor.. Stabenow does a great job with all of them. I especially like her description of Kate's weak knee impression of a blonde Russian. The good guys collar the [big-bad-Russian] 'perps and all ends well.

Decent story, wrong narrator

Average Kate Shugak story, but the narrator is mislabeled. This is most definitely not Marguerite Gavin’s voice and the listing needs to be corrected!

Read Hunter's Moon first!!!!

Must read the previous book in the series BEFORE this one or you will ruin them both! Both are excellent and both give a detailed and quite wonderful depiction of Alaskan life and both have a very strong and intelligent female main character. Love the series.

Really good.

I have to admit I read the reviews of the one before this and because I couldn't face losing Jack Morgan I didn't read it. I'll go back at the end and get to it then.

That said, this is very good. I like Chopper Jim and it's nice to see Kate come out of the haze of pain.

Thank goodness for Mutt.

As usual Marguerite Gavin did a wonderful job. I love the audio of these books so much.

Better than I remembered

I don't know why I stopped reading this series, but, I'm putting it back in my rotation. Midnight Come Again is an engrossing and compelling book with realistic characters and a well developed mystery. I really like this book and look forward to the next book in this series.

Another great Shugak novel!

Any additional comments?

There are a few books missing on audible between this one and the 2nd but I felt like the listener was brought up to speed well enough to figure out what happened to Kate during the gap. I got a bit lost with the Russian story line at times, but, overall, enjoyed this book. I actually really liked the twist between Kate and Jim and thought it added to the story!