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* {{Scenery Porn}}: Every book and short story extensively details the beauty of Alaska.
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* ''Not the Ones Dead'' (2023)
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* YouMakeMeSic: The short story "The Eyak Interpreter" is written in the form of a blog Johnny is writing for extra credit in his Advanced English class. It includes online comments from various park rats, including his English teacher who provides a running critique on his AmbiguousSyntax, run-on sentences, parentheses within parentheses, etc.
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* BerserkButton: Because of the circumstances of her mother's death, Kate hates bootleggers with a passion, and anyone she catches smuggling alcohol into dry communities can expect a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the very least.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In ''No Fixed Line'', two criminals named Gaunt and O'Hanlon show up in the Park posing as ICE agents and attempt to abduct the two children found in the plane wreck; claiming to be taking them into custody as illegal immigrants. The twist is that Gaunt and O'Hanlon are actually former federal agents so know all of the correct procedures. Unfortunately for them, but for fortunately for the children, Kate and Jim are very familiar with law enforcement procedures and sense something is off immediately.
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* DontMessWithGranny: In ''No Fixed Line'', Auntie Vi (who is in her 80s) is visited by two crooks impersonating ICE agents who attempt to abduct the two young children she has taken under her wing. Bad move.
-->''From the corner of her eye Kate saw Auntie Vi reach down to open a tall, narrow cupboard next to the oven where any reasonable person would have kept their baking sheets, from which she pulled out a single-barreled pump-action shotgun. She brought it up and racked it.'' "You will leave this house. You can walk out or you can be carried, but you will leave."
-->''From the corner of her eye Kate saw Auntie Vi reach down to open a tall, narrow cupboard next to the oven where any reasonable person would have kept their baking sheets, from which she pulled out a single-barreled pump-action shotgun. She brought it up and racked it.'' "You will leave this house. You can walk out or you can be carried, but you will leave."
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* NeverMessWithGranny: In ''No Fixed Line'', Auntie Vi (who is in her 80s) is visited by two crooks impersonating ICE agents who attempt to abduct the two young children she has taken under her wing. Bad move.
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-->''From the corner of her eye Kate saw Auntie Vi reach down to open a tall, narrow cupboard next to the oven where any reasonable person would have kept their baking sheets, from which she pulled out a single-barreled pump-action shotgun. She brought it up and racked it.'' "You will leave this house. You can walk out or you can be carried, but you will leave."
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* DontMessWithGranny: In ''No Fixed Line'', Auntie Vi (who is in her 80s) is visited by two crooks impersonating ICE agents who attempt to abduct the two young children she has taken under her wing. Bad move.
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-->''From the corner of her eye Kate saw Auntie Vi reach down to open a tall, narrow cupboard next to the oven where any reasonable person would have kept their baking sheets, from which she pulled out a single-barreled pump-action shotgun. She brought it up and racked it.'' "You will leave this house. You can walk out or you can be carried, but you will leave."
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* ComicBookTime: While Kate and company have aged over the course of the novel, they have not aged as many years as have passed in RealLife. Kate's father's service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII--which was plausible in the early 90s, but really isn't in 2020--is no longer mentioned. ''No Fixed Line'', the 22nd book in the series, indicates that approximately 10 years have passed InUnverse since Kate for the Anchorage DA's office: which was before the events of the first novel, ''A Cold Day for Murder''. In RealLife, about 20 have elapsed between those books.
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* ComicBookTime: While Kate and company have aged over the course of the novel, they have not aged as many years as have passed in RealLife. Kate's father's service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII--which was plausible in the early 90s, but really isn't in 2020--is no longer mentioned. ''No Fixed Line'', the 22nd book in the series, indicates that approximately 10 years have passed InUnverse InUniverse since Kate worked for the Anchorage DA's office: which was before the events of the first novel, ''A Cold Day for Murder''. In RealLife, about 20 years have elapsed between those books.
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* OddNameOut: The Grosdidier brothers, who serve as the Park's [=EMTs=], are Matthew, Mark, Luke and Pete, the last, breaking a Biblical theme. And "Matthew" being the only name that's not 4 letter long.
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* OddNameOut: The Grosdidier brothers, who serve as the Park's [=EMTs=], are Matthew, Mark, Luke and Pete, the last, breaking a Biblical theme. And "Matthew" being the only name that's not 4 letter long.long (although he normally goes by 'Matt').
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are multiple minor characters sharing first names. And Kate's full name is Ekaterina Shugak. She was named after her grandmother Ekaterina Shugak, who was a major character in the early novels. And Kate's goddaughter (the daughter of Bobby and Dinah) is also named Ekaterina, after Kate. She normally goes by Katya.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are multiple minor characters sharing first names. And Kate's full name is Ekaterina Shugak. She was named after her grandmother Ekaterina Shugak, who was a major character in the early novels. And Kate's goddaughter (the daughter of Bobby and Dinah) is also named Ekaterina, after Kate. She normally goes by Katya.
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* ComicBookTime: While Kate and company have aged over the course of the novel, they have not aged as many years as have passed in RealLife. Kate's father's service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII--which was plausible in the early 90s, but really isn't in 2020--is no longer mentioned. ''No Fixed Line'', the 22nd book in the series, indicates that approximately 10 years have passed InUnverse since Kate for the Anchorage DA's office: which was before the events of the first novel, ''A Cold Day for Murder''. In RealLife, about 20 have elapsed between those books.
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* AGlassInTheHand: In ''No Fixed Line'', Auntie Vi is so angry when she learns that the children rescued from the crashed plane had been sexually abused, she breaks a Pyrex measuring cup and a mixing bowl while making dinner, and Kate is sure these where not accidents.
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* ThanatosGambit: In ''No Fixed Line'', it is revealed that when Erland Bannister discovered that his cancer was incurable, he instigated a plan to destroy Kate after he was dead, and that could only work if he was dead. The only reasons that it fails is that a plane crash Bannister could not have predicted throws a SpannerInTheWorks.
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* RomeoAndJulietPlot: An Alaskan version of Romeo and Juliet, with a boy and a girl from feuding villages, forms a major part of the plot of ''Bad Blood''. Author Dana Stabenow says in her introduction that she always thought the play was more about the families than the lovers, and that Shakespeare could have handled the elopement far better.
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* StarCrossedLovers: An Alaskan version of Romeo and Juliet, with a boy and a girl from feuding villages, forms a major part of the plot of ''Bad Blood''. Author Dana Stabenow says in her introduction that she always thought the play was more about the families than the lovers, and that Shakespeare could have handled the elopement far better.
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* {{Homage}}: The short story "The Eyak Interpreter" is an homage to Literature/SherlockHolmes story "The Greek Interpreter"; telling a uniquely Alaskan version of the tale.
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* BenchBreaker: In ''A Taint in the Blood'', Kate is captured and tied to a camp bed in an old cabin. She escapes by breaking the bed till she can squirm across the floor, and then [[ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing lighting a Coleman stove and using it to burn through the rope]].
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* ConsultingMisterPuppet: In ''A Deeper Sleep'', one of the suspects (a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome) keeps talking the Darth Vader action figure he carries in his top pocket.
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* BearsAreBadNews: While Kate is more than bush-wise enough to not fear bears, she has had some unpleasant encounters with them. Grizzlies are particularly dangerous, just like in RealLife.
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* AlliterativeTitle: ''Bad Blood''
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* OddNameOut: The Grosdidier brothers, who serve as the Park's [=EMTs=], are Matthew, Mark, Luke and Pete.Pete, the last, breaking a Biblical theme. And "Matthew" being the only name that's not 4 letter long.
* OneWordTitle: ''Breakup''.
* OneWordTitle: ''Breakup''.
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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:''Bad Blood'' ends with both Kate and Mutt being shot by a disturbed teenager, with it not being stated until the next book whether either of them survived.]]
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* DraftDodging: This is part of the backstory for Bernie Koslowski, who runs The Roadhouse in the Park. He fled to Canada during the Vietnam War to avoid the draft. He kept drifting north and eventually wound up in Alaska. He has an OddFriendship with Bobby Clarke, a Vietnam vet who lost both legs to a landmine.
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* OutdoorBathPeeping: In ''Less Than a Treason'', Kate is relaxing in the hot spring on her homestead when a group of orienteerers come crashing in on her: not knowing there was a homestead there as it is not marked on the maps.
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* OutdoorBathPeeping: In ''Less Than a Treason'', Kate is relaxing in the hot spring on her homestead when a group of orienteerers orienteers come crashing in on her: not knowing there was a homestead there as it is not marked on the maps.
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* EskimosArentReal: In ''Less Than a Treason'', Kate encounters a thug who thinks that wolves are extinct and don't exist anywhere outside of Disney films. He is considerably shocked when his partner is attacked by one.
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* SpitefulSpit: A dying Erland Bannister attempts to spit on Kate in ''Less Than a Treason''. He is so feeble by this stage that his phlegm does not even reach her, but lands on his bed.
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* KavorkaMan: Chief Ranger Dan O'Brian is built like a fireplug with red hair and freckles, but he never lacks for female company. This is a constant source of puzzlement to Bobby Clark and many of the other male characters.
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* SexyShirtSwitch: Stumbling out of bed after a marathon love making session with Jim in ''Less Than a Treason'', Kate pulls on the first item of clothing she finds, which happens to be Jim's shirt. Due to the difference in their heights, it comes down to her knees.
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* VomitingCop: The new trooper in Niniltna does this when he sees a raven feasting on the soft parts of a corpse in ''Less Than a Treason''. Kate is completely unfazed by it.
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* DopeSlap: Dinah does this to Bobby and Jim to get them to stop arguing in ''Less Than a Treason''.
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* AlcoholicParent: Kate's parents were (mostly) functional alcoholics who died when Kate was quite young, leaving her to be raised by relatives. Her mother's death is the reason that Kate does not drink, and why she hates bootleggers so much.
