Kate Shugak joins the security staff for a Native woman running for the Alaskan state senate.
Little can she guess the impact a ninety-year-old unsolved case could have on a modern-day psychotic killer..
In order to track the killer, Kate will have to delve into the past, in particular the grisly murder of a good-time girl during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1915.
But just as she\'s getting started the campaign is rocked by the murder of their staff researcher, who, Kate discovers, was in possession of some damning information about the pasts of both candidates.
The candidate has been receiving anonymous threats, and Kate, who went to college with two of the staffers, is to become her shadow, watching the crowds at rallies and fundraisers. (May) Kate Shugak hires onto the staff of a political campaign to work security for a Native woman running for state senator.
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Kate must retrace the researcher\'s steps and delve into the past, in particular the grisly murder of a good time girl during the 1915 Klondike Gold Rush.
The candidate has received anonymous threats--and soon her campaign is rocked by the murder of their staff researcher.
Kate Shugak joins the security staff for a Native woman running for the Alaskan state senate