Book review: Chukchi, a town loosely based on Kotzebue, is the setting for the seventh book in a series that Anchorage author Stan Jones has been writing since the late 1990s.
Ghost Light, by Stan Jones and Patricia WattsIf you need to escape from the pandemic, there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 in Chukchi, Alaska. Of course, Chukchi is a fictional town, and people have an unfortunate habit of getting murdered there, but apart from that, it’s a decent place.
In this case, the detritus is part of a human jawbone, with a single molar and a bit of tissue still attached. Not long afterward, the couple returns, this time with part of a rib. Active sends it south to the state medical examiner, who finds blade marks on it. Someone has been murdered, there’s a body somewhere, and no one in the small community has gone missing.
The story leapfrogs across Alaska, as Active chases down suspects and leads from Deadhorse to Nome to Anchorage and back to Chukchi. One of the best things about this series has been the way Jones and now Watts capture Alaska in the details as they work through their plots. This is especially true with their depiction of the predominantly Inupiat community of Chukchi.
As I said, apart from its frighteningly high murder rate, fictional Chukchi is an enticing destination. It’s an older Alaska that can feel lost in our present disarray, and it’s this, along with solid plots and nicely developing characters, that will keep readers returning to the series.
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