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Midnight Come Again (2001)

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0312978766 (ISBN13: 9780312978761)
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Midnight Come Again (2001) - Plot & Excerpts

I'm in the midst of reading this, the 10th (I believe) book in a series of Kate Shugak stories. After getting my kindle (the BEST gift David has ever given me), I've spent some time rediscovering books/authors I've read earlier in my life. I've read a few of the Kate Shugak books before, but have now read them from first on... It's fun reconnecting with them with some of my new experiences (it's kinda cool to read about Alaska and think..HEY! I know where she's talking about).Stabenow's series is of a genre type I enjoy at certain times (I tend to read in BURSTS of genre): the puzzle-mystery that keeps me thinking (but not too hard)...expands my understanding of a culture/era, etc.That said, having finished the 9th of the series feelings as if my gut was punched (was NOT expecting Jack's death) I couldn't wait to begin reading this one. I read through CH 3 last night (about 20% for e-readers), decided it was time to sleep, and ended up dreaming about Kate. I'm worried about her...That said, will edit & add more later BUT the point is: for a relatively "easy, fun read", I'm pretty much involved in Kate as a character...says something about the author and story, doesn't it?So, finished this today and really enjoyed. Will continue reading the series. HOWEVER: the ebook editions are poorly edited: there are some obvious errors in spelling/punctuation which can be a bit distracting...

Kate Shugak is missing. All of her friends and family are worried. She's never left without a word. State trooper Jim Chopin was setting off to look for her but got waylaid into an under cover job working with the FBI. Let me tell you the female FBI agent is an irritating bully who in my opinion wants to further her career but not really look at facts.The job takes Jim to Bering, Alaska where to his surprise he finds Kate (sorry little spoiler) working under an assumed name. Basically she is hiding from her life and hasn't faced the tragedy that occurred the previous fall. The job that takes Jim to Bering is a missing plutonium shipment but he doesn't know that. All he's been told is that it is a missing ingredient in the producing of a nuclear bomb, some minor ingredient. This become complicated fast when he has a job at the same airfield as Kate. He can't tell her why he's there and things become dangerous fast.Loved the characters but I kind of wish I would have read the previous book. Even though Kate's tragedy is touched on in this book, it might have been easier to understand her totally fleeing from her home, friends and family.

What do You think about Midnight Come Again (2001)?

Midnight Come Again is book number Ten in the Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow - 4 stars. At the end of book 9 Kate's long term love, Jack Morgan, was murdered. This book picks up the story about 10 months later - Kate has been missing most of that time. Sgt. Jim Chopin of the Alaska State Police is assigned a special mission to Bering, Alaska to locate a Russian gangster suspected of smuggling Plutonium - and who should he run into in Bering, but Kate.This is a story about Kate dealing with death and blaming herself. She has essentially given up the will to live, but running into Jim, and an opportunity to do police work again ignites the spark that starts her back down the path to normalcy again. Excellent story with believable characters and relatalbe emotions. Makes me eager to pick up book number Eleven.
—Bruce Snell

An absolutely top-notch entry in Stabenow's Kate Shugak series. It has several extra pluses here. First, it takes place away from Kate and Jim's usual stomping grounds in Niniltna and The Park, so we get a new Alaskan city as a background--and Stabenow knows Alaska well!Second, since Jim and Kate are both working incognito, they do not have the backing of all their usual clan of friendsThird, Stabenow cleverly shifts the point of view back and forth from Jim to Kate. Usually, we get mainly Kate's point of view--this is a refreshing and neat difference.We have meet some new and interesting characters (Stephanie Chevak!!) and taut suspenseful tale. A very good mix of action and character makes this worth your time. Highly recommended.Note: Enough background is given that you can read the series out of order--of course if read in order certain scenes have more punch. But this book will stand alone.(ATTn: Dana Stabenow--if you are reading this--TOP Marks for the scene in Chapter 12 where Heidi the librarian get the better of two FBI agents!!)Recommended highly for any mystery fan--the Kate Shugak series--of which I have read seven--has consistent, high quality writing.
—Mary JL

This was my first Kate Shugak book and though I liked the descriptions of the Alaska setting and strong central characters, I did feel that it was probably the wrong book to read as a first introduction to the series. The first two hundred or so pages of the book seem primarily to focus on Kate's recovery from something that happened to her in the previous book and Jim dealing with this new Kate; less on a plot line. If you are a follower of these books then maybe this was necessary but for someone coming fresh to the series, I felt that there was too much focus on this. The FBI characters were mere caricatures and although there were some interesting personalities such as Baird and Stephanie, I felt that the strongest characters were probably those featured in the previous books and that were only hinted at here. The Russian plot was slightly generic and the murder of a local character seemed a little contrived. I like to think, however that I would enjoy the earlier books a little more and will be giving the series another try in the future.
—Jo

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