John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries
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"The Wind River Reservation has agreed to use their land for a nuclear waste storage site. And why wouldn't they, when they've already been promised so much - millions in revenue, new jobs, and a better way of life. But Vicky Holden knows better. Building this facility isn't about helping the Arapahos. It is about power and greed. And she is ready to do whatever she can to protect the land and her people." "But someone involved wants to keep Vicky...
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When Vicky Holden agreed to help the Arapahos Indians reclaim some of their artifacts that had been held at a museum, she thought she was taking on an easy case, but when one of the artifacts turns up missing, and a student winds up dead, she knows she is in over her head.
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The search for a missing history professor, who vanished while visiting the Wind River Reservation, draws Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley into a twenty-year-old mystery involving the disappearance of another historian and into a complex puzzle from the past involving a young Shoshone woman named Sacajawea.
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 8
Wind River Reservation Mystery volume 8
Wind River Reservation volume 008
Father John O'Malley volume 008
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Wind River Reservation Mystery volume 8
Wind River Reservation volume 008
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James "Orlando" Sherwood has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion having his followers dance for days at a time for the promise of an Indian paradise. For Orlando and his followers, nothing must delay the coming of the New World--not even the investigation of Ben Holden's death. It has been four months since lawyer Vicky Holden left her high-powered job in a legal firm to return to her home on the Wind River Reservation. She agreed to meet her...
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Sheriff Frank Ulring isn't above getting rid of people in order to get what he wants--and right now he wants Bethany McAllister. The only thing in his way is her husband. So, he kills him. But Ulring hasn't planned on the half-breed Navajo, Will-Joe, seeing him do it. Now, before he could have Bethany, Ulring has to track down Will-Joe and tie-up that loose end for good.
12) The Drowning Man
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When a priceless Arapaho artifact, a petroglyph known as "The Drowning Man," is stolen, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley join forces to find the culprits, only to discover that the crime may be linked to an unsolved seven-year-old case involving stolen artifacts and murder.
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"In 1973, the American Indian Movement was a militant organization that had spread its influence across several reservations. After a standoff against federal authorities on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, AIM's members went into hiding on other reservations." "Liz Plenty Horses was there during the Pine Ridge incident. Afterwards, she returned to the Wind River Reservation to help AIM members wanted by the FBI blend in with her people....
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In 1923, Arapahos from the Wind River Reservation were recruited to appear as extras in the silent film The Covered Wagon. But Charlie Wallowingbull never returned home, leaving people to believe he abandoned his wife and unborn son. Kiki Wallowingbull, Charlies great-grandson, went to Hollywood determined to uncover the truth behind his great-grandfathers disappearance. But Kiki has been murderedhis frozen body discovered...
15) The spider's web
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When Arapaho Ned Windsong is shot to death, his fianc ̌Marcy is the only witness. And when the men Marcy has accused of murdering her fianc ̌are found dead in an abandoned barn, Vicky and Father John realize they are caught in a web of lies and deceit woven by a master.
17) Killing Custer
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 17
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The whole town of Lander has turned out for the big parade celebrating the start of the new rodeo season. The main spectacle this year is the appearance of Colonel Edward Garrett - a spot-on impersonator of General George Armstrong Custer - and a troop of men acting as the ill-fated Seventh Cavalry. The problem is they are being followed by a group of Arapaho warriors from the Wind River Reservation, who proceed to encircle Garrett and his men in...
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A mysterious penitent confesses to murder and then flees the confessional before Father John can identify him. Two months later, Vicky discovers rancher Dennis Carey shot dead in his truck along Blue Sky Highway. With the tragic news comes the exposure of an astonishing secret: the most sacred creature in Native American mythology, a white buffalo calf, was recently born on Careys ranch. Making national headlines, the miraculous animal draws a flood...
20) Winter's child
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"In the midst of a blizzard, Myra and Eldon Little Shield found an abandoned baby on their doorstep and brought her inside. Five years later, no one has come back to claim the little girl now known as Mary Anne Little Shield. But now that she's old enough to start school, her foster parents fear social services will take her--a white child--away from them. Determined to adopt Mary Anne, the Little Shields hire lawyer Clint Hopkins, who wants Vicky...