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Ghost Dancer: A Howard Moon Deer Mystery

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What better diversion on a tropical island than Robert Westbrook's Ghoast Dancer: A thriller, captivating in its intrigue, injected with humor and just enough Indian lore and present day societal and moral problems to keep you rivetted. Flipped a coin as to who would have first rights. It was worth the wait.

Ghost Dancer was great fun to read. Not just another Hillerman type southwestern mystery, this was far more clever and had more colorful characters. Great social commentaries, witty and insightful writing and a well constructed mystery that led me down many wrong paths.

I found Ghost Dancer completely engaging. I not only found it suspenseful, but clever, amusing and well thought out. I enjoyed the author's sense of humor, his cynicism regarding christian fundamentalism, his culinary fetishes, and his ability to set the scene... the southwest, native american themes, ski culture, etc. I have not only recommended this mystery to friends, I have given the book as a gift on more than a few occassions.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the fast-paced Ghost Dancers. I visit Northern New Mexico frequently so I thought the references to the new agers, the pro-family fanatics, and the nouvelle cuisine were hilarious. This certainly wasn't your typical "whodunnit" with predictable characters and conversations but rather a suspenseful page-turner with witty characters who were "real".

I'm ready to boogie on to the next Westbrook novel.

I found this book to be an absorbing, page turner. The author's descriptions of Taos and the characters were very realistic. I felt I knew the characters well. It is a mystery written with cleverness and humor. The ending was a real surprise. I recommend it highly to mystery lovers.

This book was recommended to our mystery readers club and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Westbrook's dialogue was witty and engaging and we were all struggling to figure out who murdered who until the last suspenseful chapter. Don't miss this one.

Robert Westbrook shows his talent and his literary roots in his new mystery series. Also author of Intimate Lies, Westbrook knows the Southwest first-hand. He draws you into the outsider viewpoint and tells an intriguing story. The star of the tale takes you along on an eerie investigation to discover what might be an imagined apparition, a deadly hoax, or an evil supernatural being.

It's about Taos but it isn't. The premise is a blind detective and a Sioux Indian, even though it's Taos Indian land, can solve a murder mystery of an ex-U.S. Senator. A weak story. Some graphic unbelieveable sexual encounters with the "hero" and a woman doctor. A real letdown. There was no real purpose that Howard Moon Deer was an Indian. No connection such as in Hillerman's books. I wanted to like the book since I live in Taos, but I can't.