The Eagle Catcher [Paperback]

Margaret Coel (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (1995)
• ISBN-10: 0425154637
• ISBN-13: 978-0425154632
• ASIN: B002Q86QHK
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,711,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Margaret Coel is the author of four nonfiction books and many articles on the people and places of the American West. Her work has won national and regional awards. Her first John O'Malley mystery, The Eagle Catcher, was a national bestseller, garnering excellent reviews from the Denver Post, Tony Hillerman, Jean Hager, Loren D. Estleman, Stephen White, Earlene Fowler, Ann Ripley and other top writers in the field. A native of Colorado, she resides in Boulder.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unusual Mystery..., May 10, 2000

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Mark Valentine (Port Angeles, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Myste) (Mass Market Paperback)

An unlikely couple of sleuths team up in this mystery to uncover murder and theft. Father John O'Malley, a Jesuit priest at the Wind River Indian Reservation, gets "his nose into other people's business" and so begins a caper that already has three sequels. His alter-ego help comes from Vicky, the Arapaho Lawyer, surnamed Woman Alone. Their disparent skills become all that is needed in finding out the murderer and the one responsible for the great land theft against the Arapaho Nation.

But what makes this unusual novel so likeable is its rich respect for two faiths and cultures: the Native-Americans and the Jesuit priests. Coel provides a synthesis of faith in the midst of an entertaining mystery and that is talent. And it makes the reading of the tale a multi-level experience of pleasure.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great pacing, atmoshere and characters, March 25, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Myste) (Mass Market Paperback)

The novel captures the dual nature of modern Native American
life: tradition vs progress. What makes the story wonderful is the realistic characterizations, the descriptions of Wyoming countryside and the crisp pacing. Add to all this a story with as many twists and turns as a dark country road, and "The Eagle Catcher" becomes one of the best stories to be published in the last few years.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good start to series of mystery stories..., September 4, 2003

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eagle Catcher (A Wind River Reservation Myste) (Mass Market Paperback)

My mom gave me six Margaret Coel novels, all about Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden. Let me say, that at the time of this review I have already started the second book and it is even better than this one.
First off, the characters are realistic, painfully so. Real problems and real life issues insert themselves through-out the story. Yes, there is a murder on the reservation but Father John O'Malley has to worry about everything from a new assistant to his fight against the bottle.
The detailed pages within these books allow me to feel the wind off the plain, smell the food at the powwow and see the colors of the sky. A mixture of Rex Stout and Zane Grey!