Once in a while, I like to polish my halo by taking on a…

“in the grave / Dana Stabenow.—1st ed.            p. cm.     ISBN 978-0-312-55913-7 (hardcover)     ISBN 978-1-4299-5038-1 (e-book)   1.  Shugak, Kate (Fictitious character)—Fiction.   2.  Women private investigators—Alaska—Fiction.   3.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction.   4.  Alaska—Fiction.  …

— Dana Stabenow

“How come you're always so mean? --Howie Katelnikof”

— Dana Stabenow

At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon…

— Dana Stabenow

Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You…

— Dana Stabenow

“Three-hour layover in Seattle. If you were flying Alaska Airlines and you wanted to go to hell you had to fly through Seattle to…

— Dana Stabenow

When you put four Alaskans into a room, you have five marriages, six divorces, and seven political parties.

— Dana Stabenow

That's some f***ing doorman you've got there, Ms. Shugak.

— Dana Stabenow

If cyberspace can screw with you, it will.

— Dana Stabenow

“Everything change with mine, Katya.”

— Dana Stabenow

“Suicide by Alaska.”

— Dana Stabenow

“There was nothing of either fire or ice in it; only a tepid warmth, like lukewarm water that when you first stepped in felt…

— Dana Stabenow

“She raised her head again. "Aren't you supposed to come over all manly man and forbid the little lady from taking such risks with…

— Dana Stabenow

To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.

— Dana Stabenow

We need more bodies, 'cause it's not looking enough like the last scene in Hamlet already. --Chopper Jim Chopin

— Dana Stabenow

“The postmistress was a large, zaftig woman with long, grayish blond hair and a floating, floral style of dress.”

— Dana Stabenow