Any Taint of Vice

Kate Shugak #19.5

by Dana Stabenow

PI Kate Shugak is pulled into the mean streets of the Anchorage underworld to find Alyeska University president Victor Boatright's missing son Carl. A short story.

http://us.macmillan.com/anytaintofvic...

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 18, 2012

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 4 out of 5]

This one is the best short story I have read in a while.

[Jackie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm thinking because this was a "short story" I missed the details the author is known for in her Kate Shugak novels. I found it annoying.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is more a long short story than a book. Although I've loved the other books in the Kate Shugak series this one is below par. It could have been another great adventure but there were absolutely no details. In other books we get a peek at culture and history of Alaska natives. This story could have taken place anywhere.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was just a short story so not all the characters were fully developed like you'd get in a novel length story, but again, Dana Stabenow writes well and gets the suspense out there with
PI Kate Shugak and her skills to "get the bad guy." I liked it a lot.

[Drew Danko · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awfully disappointing for me, and I am a strong fan of the author and her Kate Shugak series. This was more a short story than a book and not particularly engrossing.

[Pk Dennis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needed that Kate fix!

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Family can be the best and the worst.

[Mario Medina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too short, doesn't really engage the reader

[zsouzsou]

Meh....

[Kathryn Baron · Rating 2 out of 5]

In collected shorts

[Talia Nyx · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairly convoluted, but glorious nonetheless

[BrkrDave · Rating 5 out of 5]

I prefer novels over short stores but the shorties are written so well I read them too.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a novella, this was fine. A quick read with characters that you know so little character development was needed. However, it certainly would have helped to have a bot more development on a few of the characters. It's certainly not the best Kate Shugak but I read it in a hospital waiting room so it fit the bill.

[Michael Starsheen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good short story

I gave Any Taint of Vice five stars because it is well written and suspenseful. Kate Shugak solves a quick mystery that engages past history and new story lines as well.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

a quick visit with Mutt and Kate in a missing person case showing Kate's investigation skills and a fast resolution. just a tease, but a reminder of what a meaty Kate Shugak book can offer!

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wasn't sure if a story could be as good as a whole book, but it was.

[Mary Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a short story about Kate Shugak and her working as a P.I. I enjoyed it but it was really short. It helped to get me through the bleak time between new Kate stories, though.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was expecting a novel and got a short story. It was OK but didn't have the rich characterizations of the Kate Shugak books.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little billet-doux to tide us over until Bad Blood comes out. Fun!