| Description |
385 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
McGrath, M. J., 1964-
Edie Kiglatuk ; 1
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| Contents |
On Craig Island, a vast landscape of ice north of the Arctic Circle, three travellers are hunting duck. Among them is expert Inuit hunter and guide, Edie Kiglatuk; a woman born of this harsh, beautiful terrain. The two men are tourists, experiencing Arctic life in the raw, but when one of the men is shot dead in mysterious circumstances, the local Council of Elders in the tiny settlement of Autisaq is keen to dismiss it as an accident. Then two adventurers arrive in Autisaq hoping to search for the remains of the legendary Victorian explorer Sir James Fairfax. The men hire Edie -- whose ancestor Welatok guided Fairfax -- along with Edie's stepson Joe, and two parties set off in different directions. Four days later, Joe returns to Autisaq frostbitten, hypothermic and disoriented, to report his man missing. And when things take an even darker turn, Edie finds herself heartbroken, and facing the greatest challenge of her life |
| Summary |
On Craig Island, a vast landscape of ice north of the Arctic Circle, three travellers are hunting duck. Among them is expert Inuit hunter and guide, Edie Kiglatuk; a woman born of this harsh, beautiful terrain. The two men are tourists, experiencing Arctic life in the raw, but when one of the men is shot dead in mysterious circumstances, the local Council of Elders in the tiny settlement of Autisaq is keen to dismiss it as an accident. Then two adventurers arrive in Autisaq hoping to search for the remains of the legendary Victorian explorer Sir James Fairfax. The men hire Edie - whose ancestor Welatok guided Fairfax - along with Edie's stepson Joe, and two parties set off in different directions. Four days later, Joe returns to Autisaq frostbitten, hypothermic and disoriented, to report his man missing. And when things take an even darker turn, Edie finds herself heartbroken, and facing the greatest challenge of her life |
| Notes |
Balmain copy puchased with money donated by Friends of Balmain Library |
| Subject |
Adventure and adventurers -- Arctic regions -- Fiction.
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Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Fiction.
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Inuit -- Canada -- Fiction.
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Missing persons -- Arctic regions -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Women hunting guides -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Arctic regions -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114145
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006958 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Fiction.
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| LC no. |
2012450020 |
| ISBN |
023074818X (cloth) |
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0230753299 (paperback) |
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9780230748187 (cloth) |
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9780230753297 (paperback) |
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