A Fatal Thaw (A Kate Shugak Mystery)

On the first day of spring a man went berserk, killing eight of his neighbors. Only there were "nine" bodies lying in the snow. The last victim was a golden blonde with a tarnished past - and her killer was still at large. It's up to Kate Shugak and her husky, Mutt, to track down the suspects - before the murderer melts back into the snowscape. But the guilty party could be anyone, because in the Alaskan spring, old hatreds warm up quickly...