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jhadler's review against another edition
3.0
Keeps up the mystery-suspense tension from beginning to end.
meiklejohn's review against another edition
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
psalmcat's review against another edition
4.0
Vicki Holden, the Arapaho lawyer, is asked by a tribal elder to investigate a ledger book he remembers seeing in a Denver museum when he was a child. That museum is now repatriating Native artifacts to several tribes. The ledger book--a vivid historical document written in pictographs by the tribal storyteller in the mid 19th-century--is not on the list of repatriated items the museum claims is all the have for the Wind River Reservation.
When Vicki arrives in Denver she crosses paths with Father John who has traveled there to try to convince his superior to fund a place at the mission to house and care for all these repatriated items.
Mayhem ensues. Dead bodies pile up and no one amidst to the existence to the ledger book, although they are quite definite about its dollar value. Eventually, Father John and Vicki track down a woman who has proof that the book existed. They head back to Wyoming--separately--and come face to face with people who are willing to do whatever they have to in their recovery of a million-dollar item. The bad guys fail, but not before Vicki and John realize how deeply they care for one another.
Glad to see them getting off the reservation, although the soap opera continues. Coel is going to have to do something with all this sexual tension she's created, soon.
When Vicki arrives in Denver she crosses paths with Father John who has traveled there to try to convince his superior to fund a place at the mission to house and care for all these repatriated items.
Mayhem ensues. Dead bodies pile up and no one amidst to the existence to the ledger book, although they are quite definite about its dollar value. Eventually, Father John and Vicki track down a woman who has proof that the book existed. They head back to Wyoming--separately--and come face to face with people who are willing to do whatever they have to in their recovery of a million-dollar item. The bad guys fail, but not before Vicki and John realize how deeply they care for one another.
Glad to see them getting off the reservation, although the soap opera continues. Coel is going to have to do something with all this sexual tension she's created, soon.
skinnypenguin's review
3.0
Vicky is asked to help the tribe reclaim some items from a museum in Denver. The list provider seems to be missing an item. She goes to Denver and starts the search for the item, a ledger book. In the meantime, Father John, also goes to Denver to talk to his boss in the hopes of getting funds to build a museum for the mission and tribe to showcase the expected items and other things. The young man he had hoped would be the director is found murdered and he helps Vicky figure out what happened. The young man had been working on his master's thesis and had come across the ledger book.
The museum is not being helpful and neither is his advisor. The police at first think it is a drug related death. Two other young women are killed and Vicky is threatened. The ledger book is worth a great deal of money and it also proves her tribe (the Arapaho) was at a certain massacre and is entitled to some reparations not just the main tribe (Cheyenne) that everyone knows about. Cheyenne have a stake in finding the book as they don't want it found because they do not want to share the reparations. Several suspects and lots of danger.
The museum is not being helpful and neither is his advisor. The police at first think it is a drug related death. Two other young women are killed and Vicky is threatened. The ledger book is worth a great deal of money and it also proves her tribe (the Arapaho) was at a certain massacre and is entitled to some reparations not just the main tribe (Cheyenne) that everyone knows about. Cheyenne have a stake in finding the book as they don't want it found because they do not want to share the reparations. Several suspects and lots of danger.
julieputty's review
3.0
The plot starts rolling with a major coincidence that doesn't have to happen. There's no reason to have two investigations that converge. Just have one investigation! Maddening! Every time I see something like this in a mystery it kicks me out of the narrative. Bah.
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