Unequally Yoked [Mass Market Paperback]

Marilyn Meredith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2000

Deputy Tempe Crabtree is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a child with ties to the Yanduchi reservation. Her search leads her to seek the help of a Yanduchi shaman whose traditional ceremonials put Tempe at odds with her Christian pastor husband.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I can't recommend this highly enough--and I am already anxious to read the next book." --Crescent Blue, 2000

"Meredith paints a ... realistic picture of a female law enforcement officer. Tempe is a courageous, determined and extremely competent..." --Rev. Marie Davies, Director of Chaplains, Maryland State Police, 2004

4 Crescents "I can't recommend this highly enough--and I am already anxious to read the next book." --Patricia Lucas White, Crescent Blue, 2000

About the Author

Marilyn Meredith is the author of over fourteen books and lives in a foothill community of the southern Sierra much like the Bear Creek in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series. She is a writing instructor and appears at writing conferences and mystery conventions around the country. She's a member of Mysery Writers of American, Sisters in Crime, EPIC and Public Safety Writers Association.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Golden Eagle Press (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891940058
• ISBN-13: 978-1891940057
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,339,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast. Tight. Enjoyable., August 16, 2002

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phillip tomasso III (rochester, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unequally Yoked (Mass Market Paperback)

Unequally Yoked is the third mystery in the Tempe Crabtree series. Though reading a series in order seems to make the most sense, Marilyn Meredith is successful at reintroducing continuing characters with in a fresh way each time, that the books easily stand solid on their own.



A homeless family is spending nights in a campsite, sleeping in tents and using the back of a stationwagon for their house. The woman, Jan, has three children. The man, Andy Muldock, is their stepfather. Muldock had his own family at one time. His wife left had left him and his kids had been taken away from him. He had been abusing drugs and had been getting violent with his kids.



Tempe Crabtree is a deputy in the small town of Bear Creek. Her daily tasks have her working to keep peace and harmony. However, Crabtree, as always, gets caught up in an investigation that takes her beyond her daily assignments as a police deputy. Jan's youngest daughter, Vicky, turns up missing. Crabtree is assigned the job of locating the missing girl. Based on Muldock's shady past and some incriminating evidence, it seems more likely that foul play has occurred, rather than the child wandering off and getting lost in the night.



In this particular installment, Crabtree's search for answers, her quest for the truth, cause an enormous amount of turmoil in her recent marriage to area preacher, Hutch. Crabtree, who is part Native American Yanduchi, allows herself to be open and explore some of the rituals of her ancestry. Fearing the spiritual methods clash with Christian beliefs, then tension between husband and wife threaten to keep Crabrtee from wholeheartedly hunting down everything it is that she is looking for to ease some of Jan's suffering.



Though each book has been entertaining and fast-paced, to date, Unequally Yoked is my favorite. It is a little grittier and hard-boiled. There is more tension. A knot was in my stomach, chapter after chapter, anxious to see what would happen. The good thing, though I finished this fine mystery thriller, is that I still have Intervention to read-the fourth book in the Tempe Crabtree series.


--Phillip Tomasso III, author of Johnny Blade & Third Ring

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It keeps you hanging on the edge of your seat!!!, September 6, 2004

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Jessica "Jessica" (Springville CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unequally Yoked (Mass Market Paperback)

In this book you are always guessing. I had read this book awhile back and it is a very remembered book. It is a very big mystery story and is a little sad. It is definitely one of Marilyn's best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Grabber, November 23, 2001

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Faith Griffin (Las Vegas, Nv. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unequally Yoked (Mass Market Paperback)

I couldn't put this book down! It held my interest till the very end. Marilyn Meredith writes a great story, a must read. I cannot wait for the next in the Tempe Crabtree series.