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By Stan Jones (Bowhead Press, $13.95)

The blurb: "In this latest installment in the popular Nathan Active series, the Alaska state trooper reluctantly sets out to find Grace Palmer, a missing beauty queen from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Chukchi."

Excerpt: " 'Beautiful, wasn't she?' Nathan Active studied the mural-sized photograph on the wall outside the principal's office at Chukchi High School. A girl, half Eskimo and half white, stood on a bluff overlooking the lagoon behind Chukchi on a summer day. She held a bouquet of roses and wore an evening gown, a tiara and a sash that said 'Miss North World.' "

Some Like It Red Hot

By Robin Merrill (Acacia Publishing, Inc., $14.95)

The blurb: "Forced into retirement, Lotsi sets out on a new life with an aging motorhome and a hot new motorcycle. First stop, Las Vegas! Bright lights and dazzling shows seem exciting -- until she mets the sexy man at the RV park's hot tub." The author is a former Alaska resident.

Excerpt: " 'You were really lucky, Lotsi,' John, the mechanic, told me as he cleaned his greasy hands on a faded red cloth. 'The damage could've been a lot worse.' We stood together beside my 36-foot RV in the crowded shop stall, examining the stripped-down wheel well."

Thunder on the Tundra: Football Above the Arctic Circle

By Lew Freedman (Alaska Northwest, $14.95)

The blurb: "No one thought Barrow would be the ideal place for football. ... But the kids wanted to play, and the adults wanted to fight high dropout rates and substance abuse. So in a town where people need each other to survive and rely on each other in ways most communities never will, it turns out that Barrow was the right place after all."

Excerpt: "Albert Gerke's half-mile walk in full football pads from Barrow High School to the Bobby Fischer practice field in the center of town took him past the community center, past the boxy houses built to withstand ferocious winter weather, and across an uneven grassy landscape. His blue helmet swung loosely in his hand by his side."

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