Fire and Ice

By Dana Stabenow

This is the end of the line for Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell.

Newenham is the last police outpost in the United States before you hit Siberia, and it's Campbell's last shot at getting his life back on track.

It's an ice-bound fishing town with a six-bed jail, a busted ATM and a saloon that does double-duty as a courtroom.

It's a wide-enough patch to warrant a state police presence, though, and Trooper Liam Campbell is it. He's been sent there in disgrace, busted down from sergeant to trooper in the aftermath of a mistake that cost a family of five their lives.

Campbell never expected his new job to be simple, but finding his ex-lover crouched over a headless body on the tarmac is a hell of a way to get off the plane...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Release date: Dec 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781788549073

Dana Stabenow

Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage, Alaska and raised on a 75-foot fishing tender. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere and found it in writing. Her first book in the bestselling Kate Shugak series, A Cold Day for Murder, received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Follow Dana at stabenow.com

Reviews for Fire and Ice

[bettesbooks · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Liam Campbell, Alaskan State Trooper, arrives to his new post in Nevwenham via air. Upon his departure from the airplane he steps into a murder scene. A pilot/spotter has died by the prop of an airplane shredding his head and body. The plane owned by Wy Chouinard, his old girlfriend had been sabotaged. Who was supposed to be the victim? Before he can even begin an investigation he is pulled away to a second shooting. Then another.This is a well-paced murder mystery with lots of suspects and victims. The characters are carefully drawn and you feel as though you are right there with them. Another great Alaskan read by Dana Stabenow.57

[buffalogr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Excellent whodunit...Alaska style. Our newly demoted Alaska cop finds himself in a small town with relationships that have existed for decades. He successfully navigates uniquely Alaskan issues and catches the bad guy. Where is the next book in the series?

[jamespurcell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Liam Campbell is an Alaskan State Trooper posted to SW Alaska to recover from family deaths and a non starting rescue attempt that resulted in the death of a native family. It does not improve when he is quickly involved in three killings before he can get his uniform cleaned, pressed and wearable. Good start to a new series about Alaska from, always fun to read, Dana Stabenow.

[elainebooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I liked this book well enough to want to read the others in the series, but I am in no rush to go out and find them. I did not like the protagonist. He was not an honorable character. I cannot say anymore without spoilers, but be sure and consider that if you plan to read this book.

[countrylife_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Begun in fire, ending in ice. The poet was wrong; ice was a better destroyer than fire, particularly if you were in the mood for vengeance. An early scene colored this story badly for me. The actual story, a crime fiction, I eventually liked. Characters seemed true to their place and time, but mostly unlikeable. The Alaskan setting was very nicely done; I really liked the herring fishing segments. Do not know that I would go out of my way to follow up with more of this series, though.

[leiahc-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ms. Stabenow is a wonderful writer. Her knowledge of Alaska is from her own perspective, having lived there all her life. And she uses that knowledge exceptionally well. Admittedly, I am not as crazy about the Liam books as I am about her Kate Shugak mysteries, but that is a personal preference which has nothing to do with whether the Liam books are good. They are very very good. This is the first in the Liam series, and I highly recommend you read all of them. I have, and they are right up there on my all time favorites list.

The characters in all of Ms. Stabenow's works are quirky, to say the least. They are the kind of people you would expect in a dangerous land like the wilds of Alaska - strong, determined, and sometimes weird beyond measure! Another thing I really like about the book is the fact that her heros and heroines are in no way perfect. Liam is a recovering alcoholic, riddled with self doubt and wanting badly to turn his life around. Moving from the "big city" of Anchorage to a small fishing village, Liam is immediately drawn in to the weirdness of an Alaska fishing village - the odd ducks, alcoholics, and various and sundry detritus of society who are more comfortable in the wilds than in civilization. And nobody writes these characters better than Dana.

The story grabs you from the first and doesn't let go. Overall, Highly recommended. Then go buy all her other books too - they are well worth the read!

[jennieleigh_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not being from Alaska, some of the idioms and imagery did go over my head, I admit. I enjoyed this read, though, and am considering checking out others in the series.

[soireadthisbooktoday · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ms. Stabenow is a wonderful writer. Her knowledge of Alaska is from her own perspective, having lived there all her life. And she uses that knowledge exceptionally well. Admittedly, I am not as crazy about the Liam books as I am about her Kate Shugak mysteries, but that is a personal preference which has nothing to do with whether the Liam books are good. They are very very good. This is the first in the Liam series, and I highly recommend you read all of them. I have, and they are right up there on my all time favorites list.

The characters in all of Ms. Stabenow's works are quirky, to say the least. They are the kind of people you would expect in a dangerous land like the wilds of Alaska - strong, determined, and sometimes weird beyond measure! Another thing I really like about the book is the fact that her heros and heroines are in no way perfect. Liam is a recovering alcoholic, riddled with self doubt and wanting badly to turn his life around. Moving from the "big city" of Anchorage to a small fishing village, Liam is immediately drawn in to the weirdness of an Alaska fishing village - the odd ducks, alcoholics, and various and sundry detritus of society who are more comfortable in the wilds than in civilization. And nobody writes these characters better than Dana.

The story grabs you from the first and doesn't let go. Overall, Highly recommended. Then go buy all her other books too - they are well worth the read!

[nautilus-11 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I'm loving reading Dana's books. Se was totally unknown to me until recently. Crime novel set in Alaska with a secondary characters writ large.

[alaskanbookie · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was an interesting story about Alaskan bush pilots and an Alaskan state trooper set in an isolated part of the Alaskan coastline in Bristol Bay. There were a few things that set off my grrrrr meter, but all in all it was a good read.

[bsiemens_2 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This was novel had a good plot and the characters were a little interesting. I deducted a star because I tired of reading that this character or another was noticing another round, full breast with poky nipples instead of advancing the story. There weren't explicit sex scenes or profane language. It was just, "Meh."

[pet12-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It took me a while to get into this, as there are lots of descriptive passages, background stories and information on fishing in Alaska. I was close to giving up several times, but am glad I stuck with it, as the plot moves along nicely about halfway through the book, and I became invested in the characters. There was enough mystery, humor and relationship drama that I've decided to read (listen to) the second book in the series.

[leslie398 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This review is for the audiobook - see the Kindle edition for my brief comments on the book itself.Marguerite Gavin does a good narration but it felt a bit odd to listen to a woman narrate a book that is told almost exclusively from a male character's perspective. However, I especially appreciated her voicing of the drunks so I will see what else she has narrated.