Mistake. Should not have bought this book. I've been J.A. Jance 's biggest fan for years, especially the Joanna Brady books. I've enjoyed the other series, too, though, so when this one came out, I more or less bought it automatically. Mistake.
It's hard to recognize this as a Jance work. I know she loves back stories, but this is ridiculous. Way too many characters, none of them familiar, way too many generations, way too much lore about each of them. And the funny thing is, I like Indian lore - I like the Hillermans, I like that aspect in the Craig Johnson and C.J. Box books, in addition to many more. But there, there's usually a point to all the tale-telling, not just the gratuitous page after page of family history of many different characters, with no indication of whether they are important to the overall novel or not. C'mon, they can't ALL be major players!
I'm going to have to revise my automatic purchase pattern with J. A. Jance. I actually returned another of her books - the latest Ali Reynolds book - when it turned out to be more science fiction than mystery. It was so bad there was no way I'd get through it - machines, as thinking, talking characters? Gimme a break.
Anyway, stay away from this one and reread the old ones. Some of them are among the finest "crime" novels around.
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