Blindfold Game

Dana Stabenow is one of my long-time favorite mystery writers; I have read and enjoyed a number of her series featuring Kate Shugak, Aleut native who homesteads in Alaska and occasionally works as a private investigator. This novel is a departure from the series and tackles an international terrorist plot to explode a dirty bomb over southern Alaska. Two strong protagonists, married but living apart, each carry a significant part of the action. Hugh Rincon is a CIA analyst who can't seem to convince his superiors that there really is a threat. Sara Lange is second in command on a Coast Guard cutter working in the Bering Sea, and it is to her that Hugh turns when the information suggests the bomb is headed for their home state. As engrossing and atmospheric as everything else of hers I've read.