Wreck Rights

Kate Shugak #13.6

by Dana Stabenow

Paul Kameroff was found at the bottom of an icy hill, hands and ankles neatly bound, with a bullet hole in the back of his head. They don't think it was suicide. A short story

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2011

About the author

Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. She knew there was a warmer, drier job out there somewhere.

Reviews

[Abibliofob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wreck Rights is a neat little short story about finders keepers and murder.

[K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jim & Kate's dialogue is always fun. I like that these short stories are told from his POV, it gives us a bit of a look on ~the other side~.

There's so much food in such a tiny tale. Kate is a woman who knows what she likes - and what she likes is a lot of delicious goodies (cheeseburgers, steaks, pie, etc.) It didn't help that I was smelling the chicken soup I've been making all afternoon while reading this!

Favorite quote:

“You’re a witch, aren’t you,” he said two days later. “Go ahead, you can say it, I won’t tell. I may personally burn you at the stake, but I won’t tell.”

[Bonnie Irwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has been fun discovering Kindle singles by some of my favorite writers. In this one, a simple truck overturning on a bad road leads to a neat little mystery.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing what can happen on a bad stretch of road, nearly in the middle of nowhere.

[Mario Medina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad short story, but gives hints that a full book treatment of it would have been great.

[David Highton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great short story from early in Kate and Jim days, as a body is found bound in a trailer wreck on icy Hell Hill.

[Kathryn Baron · Rating 3 out of 5]

In collected shorts

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Included in short stories and essays book.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick. Fun. Forgettable--but better than average, because it's Dana Stabenow.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is less about who committed a murder and more about WHY they did it. The implied backstory is very interesting.

[Kathie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jim Chopin calls in Kate to help identify a body found after a wreck. The sexual tension between Kate and Jim turns up a notch in this fast paced short story.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short short story with an abrupt ending.