Killing Raven Hardback - 2003

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Dancer... "Coel is occupying Tony Hillerman turf, and she is the best challenger so far" (Boston Globe). Booklist has called Margaret Coel's work "outstanding." Here, the author returns to the Wind River Reservation and leads Father John O'Malley and his friend, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden, into a deadly struggle over vice, virtue--and murder... When the body of a white man is recovered from a shallow grave in one of the most troubled corners of the Wind River Reservation, Father John O'Malley knows that if the murderer isn't caught quickly, this tragedy will only be the beginning. The victim's widow is already out for revenge. In the meantime, Father John's old friend Vicky Holden has just been hired as in-house counsel at the newly-opened Great Plains Casino. But trouble is brewing, as an angry group of protesters known as the Rangers is bent on proving the casino is a house of evil...and shutting it down for good. As tensions rise, Father John and Vicky work feverishly to sort out the story. But when Vicky stumbles across some troubling evidence, she's suddenly caught in a dangerous game--with her own life at stake... Praise for the Wind River Reservation novels:

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