White Heat:  A Pop Times Book Review

By: Maryum Tucker

 Set in the atric of North Canada, White Heat opens up with a mysterious shooting.  The murder, mystery novel takes the reader through a series of twists and turns. Mc Grath does an excellent job of pulling the reader in right from page one of the novel.  Mc Grath does this by making a main character that is easily relatable and that the average person could cheer for.  White Heat is centered around local teacher and hunter, Edie Kiglatk, who is  on a quest to solve a set of  mysterious murders that happen  in her community.  As she embarks upon her task of unmasking the killer and finding out the mystery behind the strange happenings in her community, the reader can’t help but to completely emerge themselves in the story. Mc Grath’s use of native terminology adds to the authenticity of the world that is being portrayed and makes it easy for you to imagine yourself there.  Mc Grath does a good job of unraveling just enough information to keep you reading until the end.  Speaking as a person who usually guesses the killer by the forth chapter, I was truly surprised when the actual killer was finally revealed. All together, White Heat is an engrossing murder mystery that is skillfully written and easy to follow.