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A review by authorlisaard
White Heat by M.J. McGrath
5.0
Edie Kiglatuk is the best guide on Ellesmore Island. Half Inuit and a woman, she gets grudging respect from the elders in her small Arctic town. When a hunter is shot on her watch, the push to call it an accident and save the tourism industry, rubs Edie the wrong way. When more deaths transpire, Edie cannot look away. Oil companies, politicians, Russians, space station personnel all show some connection to the mysterious travelers, who find their way to this remote enclave and lose their lives upon arrival.
I enjoyed the way author MJ McGrath wove the cultural and environmental situation of the Inuit into the heart of the story. For example, every outing requires preparation to survive. Their diet choices are nothing like ours 'down south'. The differences between this ancient culture and the intervening outsiders helps readers subtly learn of the people, land, and way of life, as well as the changes inflicted by the outsiders on a native people. Yet McGrath also shows just enough of the dark sides of her characters to make them realistic, while never enough to lose the reader's interest or care.
This mystery thriller will delight with its unusual setting and its twists and turns.
I enjoyed the way author MJ McGrath wove the cultural and environmental situation of the Inuit into the heart of the story. For example, every outing requires preparation to survive. Their diet choices are nothing like ours 'down south'. The differences between this ancient culture and the intervening outsiders helps readers subtly learn of the people, land, and way of life, as well as the changes inflicted by the outsiders on a native people. Yet McGrath also shows just enough of the dark sides of her characters to make them realistic, while never enough to lose the reader's interest or care.
This mystery thriller will delight with its unusual setting and its twists and turns.