Murder on the Yukon Quest: An Alaska Mystery

311 Pages·2000·1.08 MB·English

by  Sue Henry

SUE HENRY
MURDER
ON THE
YUKON
QUEST
AN ALASKA MYSTERY
“A health to the man on trail this night; may his grub
hold out; may his dogs keep their legs; may his matches
never miss fire.”
—Jack London, “To the Man on the Trail”
For Dominick Abel
Absolute treasure of an agent.
No one does his job better, or
with more style.

Contents
Epigraph ii
Map ix
1 JESSIE ARNOLD HALTED HER TEAM AND
STOMPED IN THE SNOW… 1
2 JESSIE WAS FRANTIC THE NEXT MORNING
WHEN SHE FOUND two… 13
3 FOR ANYONE WHO DID NOT CARE FOR
CROWDS, FIRST AVENUE… 28
4 IN FEBRUARY, A MONTH AND A HALF PAST
THE WINTER… 41
5 JESSIE TRULY LOVED HER DOGS. THEY WERE
A LARGE PART… 46
6 NOT LONG AFTER HER MEETING WITH DEBBIE
TODD, JESSIE pulled… 56
7 IT WAS DARK AGAIN ON MONDAY BY THE
TIME JESSIE… 71
8 JESSIE LEFT CARMACKS AT THE FIRST HINT OF
APPROACHING dawn,… 84
9 AS SHE PARKED HER DOGS AND SLED IN THE
FENCED… 94
10 JESSIE WAS VERY CAREFUL—SO CAREFUL
THAT SHE ALMOST, but… 104
11 STEWART RIVER, LIKE STEPPING STONE, WAS
NOT AN OFFICIAL checkpoint,… 121
12 MUCH LATER, JESSIE SLOWLY BECAME AWARE
OF A PILLOW under… 132
13 UNACCOMPANIED, JESSIE SLIPPED BACK INTO
THE HOTEL much as she… 145
14 JESSIE DID NOT TALK AGAIN TO ALEX BEFORE
DEPARTING from… 152
15 DAWSON CITY WAS LOCATED AT THE
CONFLUENCE OF THE Yukon… 164
16 AS SOON AS JESSIE WAS WELL AWAY FROM
DAWSON CITY… 176
17 THE DAMP NOTE IN HER HAND POINTEDLY
CONFIRMED WHAT Jessie… 185
18 THERE IS NOTHING TO JUSTIFY THE
ASSUMPTION THAT MEN make… 194
19 WHILE JESSIE WAS GRAPPLING WITH HER
TORTUROUS DECISION on American… 202
20 EVEN DRIVING ONE STRING OF DOGS AND
LEADING ANOTHER, it… 210
21 JESSIE HEARD THE ENGINE OF THE
SNOWMACHINE BEFORE SHE saw… 219
22 ALONE IN THE SNOW AND THE DARK, JESSIE
HAD FEW… 228
23 AT THE TOP OF AMERICAN SUMMIT, JESSIE’S
LEAD DOG, Tank,… 235
24 THERE WAS A SOFT PILLOW AND SHE WAS
WARM AND… 241
25 A SIZABLE FIRE WAS BURNING IN THE STONE
FIREPLACE OF… 250
26 THE REMAINING FIFTY MILES TO EAGLE TOOK
THE TWO TEAMS… 258
27 “SO FRANZ HILDEBRAND DREAMED THIS
ALL UP. AMAZING,” Jessie said… 270
28 WELL BEFORE DAYLIGHT THE NEXT
MORNING, THE FOUR MUSHERS were… 278
29 HAVING CROSSED OVER HILLS AND LONG
VALLEYS, ROSEBUD Summit, a… 286
Author’s Note
About the Author
Praise
Other Books by Sue Henry
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