| Deadly Detail Contributor(s): Porter, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 159058192X ISBN-13: 9781590581926 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: It's Fairbanks, Alaska, during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Alex Price, a Bethel bush pilot, is looking forward to a pleasant evening visiting his old friend and prospecting partner Stan and Stan's lovely Athabaskan Indian wife, Angie. But his world is shattered when Stan is killed and assassins begin to stalk both Alex and Angie. On the run, trying to keep hidden, Alex tries to help Angie deal with her grief, and comes to realize how bleak his own bachelor lifestyle is. In a desperate, deadly game of cat and mouse, Alex and Angie search for the answers to two questions: who is trying to kill them? And why? Their search for answers takes them from Point Barrow to Valdez while the mysterious killers seem to keep one step ahead of them. Soon Alex and Angie realize that the slightest false step may well be be their last. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005925324 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
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| Publisher Description: Alex Price, a bush pilot during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, is looking forward to a pleasant evening with his old friend and former prospecting partner Stan, and Stans lovely Athabascan wife Angie. But under his horrified gaze, Stan dies a violent death in the explosion of his vehicle. No fool, Alex perceives a possible threat to Angie. And hes right; assassins are moving right behind him. On the run, Alex and Angie share their grief and their fury, engaging in a deadly game of cat and mouse with no idea who is trying to kill them, or why. A retired pilot, Porter writes gracefully about flying in Alaska in his soaring debut, evoking its breathtaking beauty and the joy of traveling across the state in a small plane...The fast pacing and gorgeous scenery hook the reader from the beginning. Publishers Weekly Don Porter has built mountaintop radio and TV repeaters in Alaska and earned a full compliment of pilots licenses. Then, trading snow for sunshine, he spent 10 years in Hawaii as Director of Maintenance for ABC. Deadly Detail is his first novel. www.dongporter.com |