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The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Mystery #1)

The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Mystery #1)

Current price: $7.99
Publication Date: September 1st, 1996
Publisher:
Berkley
ISBN:
9780425154632
Pages:
256
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Description

From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel comes a tightly crafted mystery that blends Native American culture and history with contemporary issues and fast-paced action—the first in the Wind River series!

When the Arapaho tribal chairman is found murdered in his tepee at the Ethete powwow, the evidence points to the chairman's nephew, Anthony Castle. But Father John O'Malley, pastor of St. Francis Mission, and Vicky Holden, the Arapaho lawyer, do not believe the young man capable of murder. Together they set out to find the real murderer and clear Anthony's name.

The trail that Father John and Vicky follow winds across the high plains of the Wind River Reservation into Arapaho homes and community centers and into the fraud-infested world of Indian oil and land deals. Eventually it leads to the pastthe Old Timewhen the Arapahos were forced from their homes on the Great Plains and sent to the reservation.

There in the Old Time, Father John and Vicky discover a crime so heinous that someone was willing to commit murder more than a hundred years later to keep it hidden. As they close in a killer who does not hesitate to kill again, they discover they have become the next targets...

About the Author

Margaret Coel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the acclaimed Wind River Mysteries featuring Father John O’Malley and Vicky Holden, as well as the Catherine McLeod Mysteries and several works of nonfiction. Originally a historian by trade, she is considered an expert on the Arapaho Indians. A native of Colorado, she resides in Boulder.

Praise for The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Mystery #1)

Praise for Margaret Coel
 
“[Coel is] a master.”—Tony Hillerman
 
“[A] vivid voice for the West.”—The Dallas Morning News
 
“Coel’s work has a maturity that comes from years of honing the writing craft…Her characters are not clichés, but real people who are imbued with the richness of their Indian heritage.”—The Denver Post
 
“As always, Coel is excellent in painting a realistic, non-sentimental portrait of the Arapahos.”—Daily Camera 
 
“[A] tautly written, compelling mystery, grounded in and sympathetic to the Arapaho culture.”—The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel