Village of the Ghost Bears
A Nathan Active Mystery Set in Alaska
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4.4 • 19 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Alaska State Trooper Nathan Active must figure out what connects a dead hunter on a remote Arctic lake with a year-old fatal plane crash in the Brooks Range and a fire that killed eight people.
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Northwest Alaska is the shining star of Jones's fourth Nathan Active mystery (after 2008's Frozen Sun), often viewed from a Super Cub plane flying perilously over wilderness foothills, craggy ridges and autumn tundra. While on a camping trip to a remote lake, Nathan, an Inupiaq (native) Alaska state trooper, and Grace, the woman he loves, come upon a body in a creek, its face eaten by pike. Arson soon follows murder. Back home in the village of Chukchi, the recreation center goes up in a blaze, claiming eight victims, including the town's police chief. Rumors of polar bear poaching complicate both cases. Jones, who's been a bush pilot and an investigative reporter, brings stomach-wrenching verisimilitude to crimes despoiling the land and the people, while he sensitively renders the tender, painful romance between Nathan and Grace. His sympathetic portrayal of Alaska's mixed-ethnic traditions is a tribute to both the state and the states of mind it inspires.
Customer Reviews
Village of the Ghost Bears
This is a great mystery. Every time I thought I had it figured out I didn't. I enjoy it especially when typical life in the north is so realistically portrayed. I hope Stan Jones will continue with his Nathan Active mysteries series . I love reading about what life is like up in northern Alaska mixed with a great whodunit. If you like the masters of this genre such as Dana Stabenow, Sue Henry and John Strahley I suggest you give this Stan Jones Nathan Active series a shot.
Great book
Very good book really enjoyed it sounds a lot like Kotzebue.