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Butterfly Lost (Laura Winslow Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

David Cole (Author)
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Laura Winslow Mysteries March 1, 2000

Was It About Forgetting Her Past...

Hacking onto the electronic trail of people who want to stay lost is Laura Winslow's business. But when an old Hopi commissions Laura to find his granddaughter, she doesn't want any part of his vision of Powakas or Navajo skinwalkers--or anything else that will remind her of her old life as "Kauwanyauma" back on the "rez" in Arizona. The Hopi's granddaughter, however, is one of too many girls recently gone missing, and that Laura can't ignore.

Or Finally Facing It?

Propelled by her own bad memories, Laura reluctantly begins her search, a trail that leads her into the testosterone-laden rodeo circuit and drops her between the crosshairs of stolen heritage and a quest for ultimate power. This investigation, though, is cutting way too close to her own demons for Laura to handle. Holding body and soul together--and catching a killer--means she must get beyond the angry desire to destroy the past and allow herself to be the woman, and the Hopi, that she's always tried to deny.



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"Chock full of memorable characters, convincing dialogue, and enough dead bodies to keep even the most jaded reader happy...carefully crafted." -- --Lansing State Journal

"I was glued to each exciting page, clawing my way toward the end." Mystery Guild Editor's Choice Exclusive Review -- Mystery Guild Member's Magazine, April, 2000

"Intriguing...This book is a haunting tale that will leave the reader a bit uneasy at the end." -- --The Mystery Reader

David Cole, an "exciting newcomer" whose "Butterfly Lost is sure to please fans of Native American Fiction." -- Jane Dentinger, Editor, Mystery Guild Member's Magazine, April, 2000

About the Author

David Cole is the author of Butterfly Lost, The Killing Maze, Stalking Moon, and Scorpion Rain.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTorch (March 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061013943
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061013942
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,481,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Butterfly Lost, March 11, 2000
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S. W. Ralph (Green Valley, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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Butterfly Lost is one of the best and most original mysteries I've read in a long time. I live in southern Arizona during the winter months but I knew little about the Hopi and Navajo reservations other than reading books by Tony Hillerman. But David Cole writes so well about many things. I gained new insight into the tribal land conflicts, resulting from the US government's decision to give Navajo property to Hopis, with families who owned land for generations forced to move away. Laura Winslow is a complex central character, haunted by her past and trying not to repeat it as she tries to regain some sense of her Hopi heritage. I'm impressed that a man can have his main character a believable, compelling woman. Cole has a main plot about missing Hopi girls, but he weaves many fascinating subplots and characters around the main story. Bounty-hunting and theft of sacred Indian artifacts are both talked about in Arizona, but Cole tells the dark sides of these problems. And Cole gets into aspects of computer hacking that are so believable I got new insight into how many people have access to my personal information. I completely enjoyed this book, and look forward to reading more about Laura Winslow.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Reservation Reality and the Butterfly Lost, April 5, 2000
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Through an array of characters and a painted portrait of reservation life in Northern Arizona, "Butterfly Lost" drips with the verisimilitude this reader thirsts for. Take every stereotypical portrayal of both a woman detective and life for the Native Americans of the Southwest and check them at the front cover, because they are not welcome within the pages of "Butterfly Lost." David Cole cuts right to the chase as we follow the introverted Laura Winslow through a week where her life is turned completely upside down.

Cole's grasp of Hopi and Navajo culture add to the depth of this mystery. As a reader you are faced with trying to interpret Navajo and Hopi terms, only to realize about half way through the novel you are completely acclimated to the culture he presents. In the majority of literature today, besides the terrific work of one of Cole's inspirations-Sherman Alexie, we find that the Native American is still represented as either the Tonto stereotype or as the predictable drunk. Cole does not let the hundreds of years of cultural bigotry influence his writing. "Butterfly Lost" gives the reader life on the reservation as Cole sees it today. Life is not financially prosperous for the Navajo or Hopi, and the struggle to hold on to tradition while fighting to compete in turn of the century America is a major theme. Laura Winslow is a symbol of the struggle. Laura's goal is to live apart from her Native American past and prosper in the information age, while living on the outskirts of the reservation. The close proximity of Laura's home and work proves to be a subconscious decision to reconnect with her past. When given the opportunity to begin investigating the disappearance of young Hopi girls, there is no question that Laura Winslow will once again become Kauwanyauma.

I really feel that Cole may be one of the freshest novelist out in years. The dialogue is quick and true. Cole does not wait for the reader as he fires through the unwinding of this mystery and we are forced to keep up. I recommend "Butterfly Lost" for a fast, but thoughtful read, which will leave the reader wanting more.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Treading the borderlands, March 31, 2000
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Caroline Tauxe (Syracuse, New York) - See all my reviews
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David Cole breaks with the mold in this fascinating first mystery. It includes a dark, unromantic, and completely unexpected view of the contemporary American Southwest. Where else could you find a central character who is a half-Hopi, Ritalin abusing, computer hacker, living on the run while battling the demons behind her own anxiety disorder. Laura inhabits social, psychological, and geographic borderlands, where the reader learns to appreciate and ponder the ambiguities of Native/non-Native identity, the ties and terrors of personal commitments, and the seedy backstreet life of the US/Mexican border region. The author manages to evoke complex worlds of sense and character with an economy of verbiage, and had me puzzling over the mystery and its personalities at odd moments during the day until I had finished it. Butterfly Lost is also an unusual mystery in that the pieces never all fit back together -- the bodies are not necessarily found and accounted for, there is unfinished business -- this feels disturbingly like reality, rather than a typical work of fiction. I am looking forward to his next book, while bracing for another wild ride.
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Two black-chinned hummingbirds swooped down from a cottonwood, the male's pendulum courtship arc bottoming out near the open kitchen window of my double-wide trailer. Read the first page
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