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Following last year's bestseller, WIFE OF MOON, Margaret once again blends Arapaho history into present-day homicides that threaten to destroy the Wind River Reservation and put Father John and Vicky to their toughest and most dangerous test yet.
This is for the Indian Priest.
This cryptic message was clearly meant for Father O'Malley. The unemotional voice on the answering machine--speaking of revenge against old enemies--wanted O'Malley to visit the site of the Bates Battle. In 1874, Shoshone warriors led Captain Alfred Bates's cavalry to Arapaho tribal grounds, and nearly everyone living there was massacred. As a nation, the Arapaho were finished, but their people survived. Now, someone has left three dead Shoshones on the old battlefield, positioned to mimic the bodies of those Arapaho killed in the historic slaughter.
Vicky Holden's latest client, Frankie Montana, is a less than sterling character who's a frequent guest of the reservation holding cells. After a heated encounter with the three Shoshones, Frankie has become the number one suspect in their deaths. Despite his faults, Vicky doesn't believe he's capable of murder. Someone is trying to stir up a war between the Arapaho and Shoshone people--and tear open the painful wounds of the past once more.
© Copyright 2005 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).
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Critical Praise
"Coel's latest Wind River chronicle offers a skillful blend of history and mystery, with characters whose motives are seldom what they seem."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Once again, Coel uses the history of the Wyoming tribes to bring present-day problems to light. The
environment and current reservation conditions and life are always part of her stories. She shows respect for the Arapaho tribe, their legends and history."
—Lesa Holstine, Book Reviews
"This is becoming one of my favorite series. The mysteries are well-plotted, the characters are engaging, and each novel includes important and little-known historical details about the Wind River region woven skillfully into the story."
—Shirley Wetzel, DorothyL
"Fans of this series will be familiar with the tensions and issues Vicky and Fr O'Malley face together. Not wishing to give away too much of the plot, I'll just comment that the reader's faith in the basic integrity of these two all too human individuals is not misplaced. The state of Wyoming is almost a third continuing character - Coel weaves impressive knowledge of its rich history and modern day atmosphere into her story."
—Woodstock writing for Crimespree Magazine
"Ms. Coel writes an authentic account of the interchange between two Indian tribes living on the same reservation 130 years after the original battle, with tensions mounting to a new outbreak of war between them. The mystery is: who is the real culprit. You won’t put down the book until you find out, with, of course, the help of Vicky and Father John. Recommended."
—Theodore Feit, Book Reviews
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