THE BONE SEEKER Edie Kiglatuk, Book 3

Narrator Kate Reading has a rich and compelling voice, and while the plot here is a little bumpy, she shines with the characters and dialogue. In McGrath’s newest high-Arctic mystery, Edie Kiglatuk spends a summer as a teacher on Canada’s Ellesmere Island, one of the northernmost permanent settlements on earth. There Edie investigates a murder and uncovers wrongdoing at the highest levels. Reading can draw listeners into almost any story, and she does a particularly good job here. She’s taken the time to master the Inuit phrases and names that pepper McGrath’s narrative. Most important, she convincingly conveys Edie’s thoughts and the sorrows and hopes of an Arctic people buffeted by the demands of the world “in the south.” F.C. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2014]