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Alaska state trooper Alex Jensen investigates the murder of a retired Alaskan senator in Yukon Territory. Discovering a prospector's diary from the 1800s while vacationing in the Yukon, Jim Hampton inadvertently triggers a series of events that culminates in his being falsely charged with the a...
| Main Author: | Henry, Sue, 1940- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Avon Books,
1996.
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| Summary: |
Alaska state trooper Alex Jensen investigates the murder of a retired Alaskan senator in Yukon Territory. Discovering a prospector's diary from the 1800s while vacationing in the Yukon, Jim Hampton inadvertently triggers a series of events that culminates in his being falsely charged with the assassination of a controversial ex-Senator. The award-winning author of Murder on the Iditarod Trail presents the second novel in the popular series starring detective Alex Jensen. In the rugged Yukon Territory, Alex hunts a cold-blooded killer. His only clue: an 1898 journal detailing an eerily similar murder. With her award-winning debut novel, Muder On Iditarod Trail, Sue Henry established herself as one of the most celebrated new mystery writers. In TERMINATION DUST, her much-anticipated second Alex Jensen mystery, Sue Henry again seizes the rich history of Alaska and Canada's forgotten frontiers and delivers a fast-paced mystery with one of the most adventurous and charming detectives around. The virgin landscape along the Yukon River has hardly changed since the gold rush began in 1897. Frostbiting winds slice the rugged terrain, and, like a shroud, the first dusting of snow covers the low hills. Braving thick snow on the Top of the World Highway--where one slip could mean a fall down thousands a cold-blooded killer. His only witness is Jim Hampton, a rugged canoeist whose vacation has abruptly ended. And Jensen's only clue is an 1898 journal--detailing an eerily similar murder--that Hampton discovered on the killer's path. Set against nature's most beautiful, yet cruelest, elements, TERMINATION DUST weaves together legend and reality in a tremendous display of imaginative talent and storytelling prowess. With her award-winning debut novel, MURDER ON IDITAROD TRAIL, Sue Henry established herself as one of the most celebrated new mystery writers. In TERMINATION DUST, her much-anticipated second Alex Jensen mystery, Sue Henry again seizes the rich history of Alaska and Canadas forgotten frontiers and delivers a fast-paced mystery with one of the most adventurous and charming detectives around. The virgin landscape along the Yukon River has hardly changed since the gold rush began in 1897. Frostbiting winds slice the rugged terrain, and, like a shroud, the first dusting of snow covers the low hills. Braving thick snow on the Top of the World Highway--where one slip could mean a fall down thousands a cold-blooded killer. His only witness is Jim Hampton, a rugged canoeist whose vacation has abruptly ended. And Jensens only clue is an 1898 journal--detailing an eerily similar murder--that Hampton discovered on the killers path. Set against natures most beautiful, yet cruelest, elements, TERMINATION DUST weaves together legend and reality in a tremendous display of imaginative talent and storytelling prowess. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : William Morrow, 1995. |
| Physical Description: |
304 p. : maps ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0380724065 (pbk.) 9780380724062 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |