The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times -bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. The discovery of a dead body and a brutal bear attack may be linked, and it's up to Kate Shugak to investigate in Breakup . The first day of Spring: a bad day to be in Alaska. Breakup: the time of year when Alaska awakens from its Arctic slumber. Snows melt. Rivers flood. Winter's secrets emerge. This spring, the retreating ice reveals a corpse, and a starving she-bear mauls a woman to death.

The corpse matches the description of a man missing since last year, the woman has been so badly mutilated she's barely recognisable. Investigator Kate Shugak will dodge bullets, bears, and a plane crash before she realizes that, somehow, there is a connection between the two deaths. Reviewers on Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series: 'An antidote to sugary female sleuths: Kate Shugak, the Aleut private investigator.' -- New York Times 'Crime fiction doesn't get much better than this.' -- Booklist 'If you are looking for something unique in the field of crime fiction, Kate Shugak is the answer.' -- Michael Connelly 'An outstanding series.' -- Washington Post 'One of the strongest voices in crime fiction.' -- Seattle Times.