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James D. Doss

Shaman Sings, The (Shaman Mysteries) Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 1995

by James D. Doss (Author)

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Book 1 of 16: Charlie Moon Mysteries

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Daisy Perika has no place in the modern world of cold, rational science. Hers is the realm of the spirit -- of ancient and sacred magic. But visions of Coyote and fire have awakened the aged Ute shaman once again to the Dark One's workings among the whites of southwestern Colorado.

For Granite Creek police chief Scott Parris, the late-night murder of a brilliant female graduate student is a brutal and baffling as anything he encountered during his years as a Chicago cop. Now the investigation is leading Parris into worlds he has never known -- and toward a remarkable alliance with a beautiful journalist and an elderly Native American mystic that could prove both enlightening...and deadly.

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256 pages
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English
Publisher

Avon
Publication date

November 1, 1995
Dimensions

4 x 0.75 x 6.5 inches
ISBN-10

0380724960
ISBN-13

978-0380724963
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About the Author

James D. Doss, recently retired from the technical staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory, now spends most of his time in a small cabin above Taos -- writing mystery fiction. He also travels to the fascinating locations where his stories take place, often camping in remote areas to absorb the impression of an Anasazi ruin, a deep canyon, an arid mesa, or a Sun Dance. His Shaman series includes The Shaman Sings, The Shaman Laughs, The Shaman's Bones, The Shaman's Game, The Night Visitor, and Grandmother Spider. The unusual plots are a mix of high technology and mysticism (Shaman Sings), bizarre animal mutilations (Shaman Laughs), theft of a sacred artifact (Shaman's Bones), an unprecedented form of murder and revenge at the Sun Dance (Shaman's Game), a most peculiar haunting followed by the discovery of an astonishing fossil (Night Visitor), and -- because a small girl has killed a spider without performing the prescribed ritual -- the appearance of a monstrous, murderous, eight-legged creature on the reservation (Grandmother Spider, of course!).

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‎Avon; Reissue edition (November 1, 1995)

Language

‎English

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‎256 pages

ISBN-10

‎0380724960

ISBN-13

‎978-0380724963

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‎4.8 ounces

Dimensions

‎4 x 0.75 x 6.5 inches

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JAMES D. DOSS is the author of twelve Charlie Moon mysteries, two of which were named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Originally from Kentucky, he divides his time between Los Alamos and Taos, New Mexico.

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5-Star story; 3-Star e-version editing.

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017

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James D. Doss' Shamin books are one of my all-time favorite series. I've had them as paperbacks almost since he began publishing them, so I recently decided I just had to have them all in my Kindle. The stories are still some of the funnest (poetic license here) reads on the planet, but I'm very disappointed in the e-version quality. Many, many errors in what must have been a piss-poor scanning or transposing process. The e-books are costing me more than the paperbacks did; is it too much to expect decent editing?

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You can feel the wind and smell the piñon smoke

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2021

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James Doss’s Charlie Moon novels are a delight. The introduction of Chief Paris in this one was very satisfying. A policeman who senses the currents of the invisible world is an interesting friend for Aunt Daisy Perika. I always look forward to a James Doss novel.

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Lee L. Lanza

I read and enjoyed every Tony Hillerman book, and these are just as good.

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021

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This series of mysteries is set among the UTE people, some of whom are shamen, following the old ways of doing any knowing things. The characters are well developed and the stories are full of surprises.

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KRM

EXCELLENT STORY

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021

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I love this series about some characters around Granite City. I just finished this book but I have read many of the later ones. The characters were all very interesting and mostly likable. The storyline was well written and straightforward.

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Kathleen Loughlin

verdaeni on 'the shaman sings'

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2003

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This is a great book for people that like some humor with their mysteries. Although the titles of this series sound like the shaman is going to be the main protagonist, it doesn't work that way. There is a very humorous interaction between Charlie Moon, of the Tribal Police, who doesn't believe in magic, and his Grandmother who pretends she doesn't when around the priest but who sneaks out to confer with the local landspirit, a type of dwarf. The mystery is well thought out and kept interesting by the complex (but not TOO complex) characters. Of great importantce to me is that the characters also act within their characterization and motivations. This is a particular joy in this book where Charlie and his Grandmother are often working at cross purposes motive wize and a delightful weave of information back and forth as you move towards the ending. The grandmother in particular is sort of a ute 'maxine' with never a good word to say and a hillarious lineup of grumbles and mumbled complaints.

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Dee

What?

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021

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I sure didn't know who did it! Good story, some mystery, some fear and a little bit of human connection without explicit details I don't want to read about!

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William D. Funk

What a misadventure. If you like Hillerman, don't even bother reading this.

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014

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I bought this and 3 other Doss books. There are 254 pages. Charlie Moon shows up once on page 246. He is not part of the story. This also not a Native American story. Doss threw in random references that had nothing to do with a Shaman singing. The main characters are Caucasian and Mexican. It supposedly is about a major physics discovery, followed by murder, in a small college in a small town staffed by poorly trained, bumbling, police. There is nothing remotely similar to what Tony Hillerman has written. Reader beware.

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RL Smith

Introducing Charlie Moon to the series

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021

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A wonderful start for a wonderful series. A book to read in cold weather by a warm fire.

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