Though Not Dead

The residents of Alaska' s largest national park are stunned by the death of one of their oldest members, eighty-seven-year-old Old Sam Dementieff...Even private investigator Kate Shugak. Sam, a lifelong resident, dubbed the "father" of all of the Park rats--even though he had no children of his own--was especially close to Kate, his niece, but even she is surprised to discover that in his will he' s left her everything, including a letter instructing her simply to, "find my father." Easier said than done, since Sam' s father is something of a mystery. An outsider, he disappeared shortly after learning about Sam' s existence, taking with him a priceless tribal artifact, a Russian icon. And in the three days after Kate begins her search through Sam' s background, she gets threatened--and worse. The flashbacks from Sam' s fascinating life, including scenes from major events in Alaska' s colorful history, punctuate a gripping story in which Kate does her best to fulfill Sam' s last wish without losing her own life to the people who are following her every move, though what they are searching for Kate doesn' t even know. In Dana Stabenow' s breathtaking new novel, Though Not Dead , the eighteenth to feature Kate Shugak, Kate' s search for the long-lost family secrets that have been interwoven with the epic history of an unforgiving land leads to an extraordinary treasure hunt with fatal consequences.