<DIV> <p>It&rsquo;s December in the Park, and a ranger is missing. It&rsquo;s no great loss to the rest of the Park rats, they figure he&rsquo;s stumbled into a snowbank and will re-emerge come breakup, just in time for the ground to thaw and them to bury him. But when the man sent to look for him also disappears, Kate Shugak, ex-investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and Park homesteader, is sent in search of them both.<BR> &#160;<BR> First in the Kate Shugak series.</p> </div>