The award-winning author of The Grandfather Medicine introduces Molly Bearpaw, an investigator for the Cherokee Tribe, who looks into a mysterious case of botulism in a local nursing home. She is also asked to verify that the victim's heart was not stolen by a ravenmocker--a Cherokee witch. In sorting through the means and motives for the murder, Molly enters a deadly race for time.
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This entertaining series launch introduces Molly Bearpaw, 28, an investigator for the Native American Advocacy League, a fictional agency of the Oklahoma Cherokees that protects their civil rights. After Abner Mouse dies at the Country Haven Nursing Home in Tahlequah, the Cherokee capital, his son Woodrow asks Bearpaw to find out if the death was caused by a ravenmocker--a feared Cherokee witch in the form of a raven that sucks out the life force from the bodies of the enfeebled patients. But an autopsy says Abner was a victim of botulism. Soon a similar death occurs in the nursing home, though no trace of the bacteria can be found on the premises. Were the deaths simply accidents covered up by nervous staff members, or were they caused by something more sinister? With the help of D. J. Kennedy, deputy sheriff and her sometime lover, Bearpaw uncovers a conspiracy involving land grabs and toxic waste dumps--circumstances that seem as improbable at first as the concept of a ravenmocker. Of Cherokee descent, Hager ( Ghostland ) is comfortable with tribal lore and culture. She captures the rhythms of life in Tahlequah and creates in Bearpaw a charming and intelligent--albeit reluctant--detective.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Molly Bearpaw, another first-time detective, investigates varying complaints for the Native American Advocacy League in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. When a Cherokee man dies of food poisoning in a local nursing home, she attempts to discover the source of the tainted food. Working with sometime sheriff's department boyfriend D.J., Bearpaw repeatedly interrogates victims' relatives in order to pin down clues establishing motive and means. Rural gossip and intrigue contribute to a minimally entertaining title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I love a good mystery, in which I can't guess the ending. I love Indian lore and I love female detectives. Now, in the dusty backwaters of the Cherokee Nation, Molly Bearpaw who is an investigator for the Native American Advocacy League and the sheriff's deputy D.J. Kennedy must find out why people in a nursing home seem to be in danger from botulism that strikes people dead without reason and without any hint of where it came from.
Is there a killer? How are the murders linked? Greed, money and lies are mixed up into one great plot.
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August heat held northeastern Oklahoma in an iron grip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Country Haven, Sally Creighton, Mercer Vaughan, Abner Mouse, Irene Robinson, Estelle Tacker, Molly Bearpaw, Fred Whillock, Woodrow Mouse, Aunt Sally, Buster Tacker, Sherwood Bowman, Lori Hakey, Randy Hulle, Park Hill, Bob Perrone, Nellie Mouse, Ginny Hulle, Faye Hakey, Lahoma Buckhorn, David Darwood, Cherokee County, Fort Smith, Reverend Teagarden, The Shack New!
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August heat held northeastern Oklahoma in an iron grip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
botulism bacilli, carbon tet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Country Haven, Sally Creighton, Mercer Vaughan, Abner Mouse, Irene Robinson, Estelle Tacker, Molly Bearpaw, Fred Whillock, Woodrow Mouse, Aunt Sally, Buster Tacker, Sherwood Bowman, Lori Hakey, Randy Hulle, Park Hill, Bob Perrone, Nellie Mouse, Ginny Hulle, Faye Hakey, Lahoma Buckhorn, David Darwood, Cherokee County, Fort Smith, Reverend Teagarden, The Shack New!
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