The Shadow Dancer (Wind River Reservation Series #8)

by Margaret Coel

Overview

With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando-who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440627743
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/05/2003
Series:	A Wind River Reservation Mystery , #8
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	481 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An absorbing and interesting mystery that gives readers a glimpse into the modern day West." -Midwest Book Review

"A surprising culprit...Coel depicts a finely textured world of believable characters."-Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

After Arapaho lawyer Vicki Holden (née Singing Bird) has a contentious dinner with her ex-husband Ben, a successful businessman and even more successful ladies' man, he's shot dead, and she becomes the prime suspect. Tightening the noose is the fact that the murder weapon belongs to Vicki's Aunt Rose, who claims it was stolen. Normally, handsome priest John O'Malley from the Wind River Indian Reservation would step in to support friend Vicki and help her solve the crime, but Father John has his hands full with another matter. Distraught elderly sisters Louise and Minnie Little Horse have implored him to find Dean, their missing nephew. Learning that Dean has a girlfriend named Janis he's kept secret from his doting aunts, Father John traces her to a revived Indian sect known as the Shadow Dancers. Led by a man named James Sherwood, a.k.a. Orlando, they dance for days at a time in preparation, so the legend goes, for Paradise. Father John is unsettled by the blind fervor of Orlando's followers; what Orlando describes as a reverent return to tradition many see as a dangerous cult. The investigative paths of Vicki and Father John merge when Dean's body is found shot by the same gun that killed Ben. In a finale that's more Nancy Drew than Nick and Nora, Father John and Vicki stumble into the solution and face off against the surprising culprit. In this sixth outing, Coel (The Lost Bird, 1999, etc.) depicts a finely textured world of believable characters, but seems uninterested in plot construction or mystery.

Kirkus Reviews

"An absorbing and interesting mystery that gives readers a glimpse into the modern day West." -Midwest Book Review

"A surprising culprit...Coel depicts a finely textured world of believable characters."-Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher