Shadow Man (Charlie Moon Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF MENTIONING THE PASSING APPARITION TO HER nephew, the Ute shaman watched the dreamer's phantom dissolve into a shadowy mist, evaporate into..." (more)
Key Phrases: tribal investigator, pineapple head, dismembered arm, Charlie Moon, Daisy Perika, Scott Parris (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Doss's highly entertaining 10th Charlie Moon mystery (after 2004's The Witch's Tongue), the rancher and Ute tribal investigator takes on his most unlovable client, orthodontist Manfred Wilhelm Blinkoe. The "mildly eccentric" Blinkoe insists that an assassin was aiming at him instead of the actual murder victim, a local attorney, shot at an upscale Granite Creek, Colo., restaurant. Tribal shaman Daisy Perika, Moon's crotchety aunt, becomes a target even as her otherworldly visions point her to more deaths connected with Charlie's client. When Blinkoe's boat is blown to smithereens, his beautiful blonde wife is naturally a suspect, but her husband's past and present life give plenty of other people motive for wanting him dead. Big money, big gambles and a surprise ending will keep readers turning the pages.
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From Booklist

Charlie Moon, the Ute tribal investigator, returns in a particularly thorny case. A prosecutor is shot dead, evidently by a sniper, while dining at a restaurant. Who, police wonder, could possibly want a prosecuting attorney dead--other than plenty of ex-cons and defendants with revenge on their minds? But, seemingly out of nowhere, comes Manfred Blinkoe, an orthodontist who was also at the restaurant. He is absolutely convinced that he, not the dead attorney, was the intended victim. Police don't have time for this obvious loony, so they pass him on to the one man they know can handle him: Charlie Moon. The story kicks into high gear then, and something soon happens that persuades Charlie that the orthodontist may be right. Can Charlie and his shaman aunt find out who has his murderous eye on Dr. Blinkoe and why? Like Tony Hillerman, Doss likes to toss a little Native American spiritualism and a lot of local color into his mysteries. Fans of the series will be well pleased. David Pitt
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312936648
• ISBN-13: 978-0312936648
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #294,728 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two or One, October 29, 2007

By	Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews

Aunt Daisy, please take the big jug-head and shake him. Have long been a fan, but this one pushes the boundaries of the shamanistic. You have a strong streak of practical reality that Charlie lacks as he flounders as a rancher away from his spiritual home. It is time for Charlie to go back to the reservation and his roots.
A woman's death from a rifle bullet has repercussions. A dentist who insists the shot was meant for him hires Charlie, but is proven correct before Charlie can discover the killer. Aunt Daisy's home is destroyed, which has Charlie searching for clues in all the wrong places.
The sly humor of Doss makes you laugh out loud, much better than DEAD SOUL.
Nash Black, author of TRAVELERS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shadow Man, March 10, 2006

By	Dick in Carmel by the Sea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadow Man (Charlie Moon Mysteries) (Hardcover)

With Shadow Man this series is getting more and more into the supernatural. In this case, the supernatural is an integral part of the mystery but a part of which the protagonist never becomes aware. I have enjoyed this series from the begining, more so since the principal character switched from Scott Parris to Charlie Moon. His relationships with women would have seemed unusually straight laced in the 50s. Today they seem unbelievable for anyone not belonging to the most fundimental of religious sects. This tends to get in the way of the plot for me. None the less, I do recommend reading these books if you enjoy amusing mysterys.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shadow Man (A Charlie Moon Mystery), January 25, 2007

By	V. Kennedy "book crazed" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The chief characters in the book are Charlie Moon, a Southern Ute Tribal Investigator, his Aunt Daisy who happens to be a Ute Shaman and Charlie's best friend, Police Chief Scott Parris. The tale begins when a woman is murdered in a restaurant in a small town in Colorado. There were only two diners at the restaurant and the survivor, an orthodontist by the name of Dr. Blinkoe is convinced the bullet was meant for him.

Dr. Blinkoe ends up hiring Charlie Moon to investigate and things start to heat up. Charlie's Aunt Daisy manages to get in on the action and provides us with some very funny moments.

Doss mixes mystery, humor and the supernatural to come up with a story that is entertaining and fun to read.

If you haven't read any of his books before, I'd recommend reading his earlier ones, such as: The Shaman Sings, The Shaman Laughs, The Shaman's Bones and the Shaman's Game. The Night Visitor, Grandmother Spider, White Shell Woman, Dead Soul and The Witch's Tongue are later works and I enjoyed reading all of them.