KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall; carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf; half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful; strong-willed; defiant; Kate is tougher than your average heroine - and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A COLD DAY FOR MURDER: Somewhere in twenty million acres of forest and glaciers; a ranger has disappeared: Mark Miller. Missing six weeks. It's assumed by the Alaskan Parks Department that Miller has been caught in a snowstorm and frozen to death; the typical fate of those who get lost in this vast and desolate terrain. But as a favour to his congressman father; the FBI send in an investigator: Ken Dahl. Last heard from two weeks and two days ago.Now it's time to send in a professional. Kate Shugak: light brown eyes; black hair; five foot tall with an angry scar from ear to ear. Last seen yesterday...