White Sky, Black Ice

from FicusFan

I read this book for a RL book group. It is the start of the Nathan Active mystery series. It is set in northern, rural Alaska and is about the lives of the native people. It is the setting and the characters and the native lore that makes it such a good read. The writing is good, but very simple...

from smik

The issues that surface in this crime fiction will strike chords with Australian readers, particularly those who have read Adrian Hyland's novels (DIAMOND DOVE and GUNSHOT ROAD) Young men committing suicide is a big problem in the Alaskan Inupiat community. The Clinton family believes it has been...

from ckNikka

"He remembered when Martha's ( his real mom) new propane stove had arrived the month before. For a week, it sat in the middle of the kitchen in its shipping carton. For a week, Martha said, "My leroy will put it in for me" For a week, Leroy was busy with other things. On Saturday, while Active wa...

from cathyskye

White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones is the first Nathan Active mystery. Nathan Active is an Alaskan state trooper who's recently been sent from Anchorage to the remote village of Chukchi somewhere around the Arctic Circle. Most of the 2500 inhabitants of Chukchi are Inupiat--the people most of us ...

from jnwelch

White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones is a mystery set in a small rural town, Chukchi, in northwest Alaska. Getting around often involves using a "snowgo" (snowmobile to me) or light airplane. Alaskan state trooper Nathan Active is a native Inupiat whose young mother gave him up for adoption by whit...