John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries
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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.
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While doing research on the life of Sacajawea on the reservation, a college professor and longtime friend of Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden disappears into thin air. When Father John O'Malley, Vicky's friend and confidante, uncovers an old corpse that turns out to be that of another Sacajawea historian who disappeared twenty years earlier, the pair realizes that there's a long-hidden secret on the reservation that someone is willing to kill for.
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Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and her friend Father John O'Malley investigate the mysterious death of Ben Holden while dealing with James "Orlando" Sherwood and his followers, who are intent on resurrecting the old Shadow Dance religion.
"James Sherwood claims to have been to the shadow world and back. He claims to know the future. He also claims to have no connection to the disappearance of Dean Little Horse or the murder of Ben Holden ... Father...
10) Wife of moon
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In 1907, photographer Edward S. Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation, hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished altogether. To preserve the legacy of warriors in battle, Curtis staged an attack on a village, planning to capture it on film. But it became all too real when the daughter of the tribe's chief was found murdered, and her killer was never identified. Now, Curtis's photographs are on display at the museum of St....
11) Eye of the wolf
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 11
Wind River Reservation
Wind River mystery volume 11
Wind River Reservation
Wind River mystery volume 11
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In this latest Wind River Reservation mystery, a psychopathic killer has brutally murdered three Shoshones and posed their bodies on a historic battlefield, intent on provoking a civil war between the reservation's Arapaho and Shoshone, or is he gunning after Father O'Malley?
12) The drowning man
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The Red Cliff canyon has been home to these sacred petroglyphs, and their accompanying sacred spirits, for a few thousand years. Seven years ago, however, one was pried out of the canyon and stolen.
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 13
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2007
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viii, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
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Thirty years after Liz Plenty Horses goes into hiding following accusations of betraying the militant American Indian Movement to the FBI, Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley investigate when the skeleton of a murder victim turns up on the Wind River Reservation.
15) The spider's web
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Margaret Coel is the author of the best-seller The Silent Spirit. Here Coel continues her Wind River Reservation series with The Spider's Web. Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley find themselves disagreeing over a murder case. But when the killer strikes again, both will have to put their differences aside before they, too, get caught in the murderer's web.
17) Killing Custer
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The whole town of Lander has turned out for the big parade celebrating the start of the new rodeo season. The main spectacle this year is the appearance of Colonel Edward Garrett, a spot-on impersonator of General George Armstrong Custer, and a troop of men acting as the ill-fated Seventh Cavalry. The problem is they are being followed by a group of Arapaho warriors from the Wind River Reservation, who proceed to encircle Garrett and his men in a...
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2014.
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vi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
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"With her gritty mysteries steeped in authentic Native American culture, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel is "widely considered the most accomplished heir to Tony Hillerman's legacy," (Scripps Howard News Service). In the latest Wind River novel, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley confront a ruthless killer in the wake of a miraculous event. A mysterious penitent confesses to murder, and then flees the confessional...
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 19
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2015.
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20) Winter's child
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"Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley discover that a centuries-old mystery is tied to a modern-day crime on the Wind River Reservation ... In the midst of a blizzard, Myra and Eldon Little Shield found an abandoned baby on their doorstep and brought her inside. Five years later, no one has come back to claim the little girl now known as Mary Anne Little Shield. But now that she's old enough to start school, her foster parents fear...