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3.0étoiles sur 5
Pleasant, Janv. 31 2004
A pleasant read, and a relatively nice mystery, but, as the
book jacket proclaims, this is a book that "mixes mysticism
and murder." And the mix doesn't work as well as it should.
The "mysticism" part is a bit of an intrusion to most readers,
but, happily, that part is rather minor, so the mystery moves
along and is quite readable.The hero is a Southern Ute rancher, who doubles as a tribal
investigator on call to the tribal council, and he is likeable
enough, but this character doesn't quite resonate as a mystery
hero should. In this one, a young woman student at a nearby college goes
missing and has totally disappeared. Or has she? Because she
seems to be appealing to the rancher's elderly aunt, a tribal
shaman, to ask Charlie, her nephew, to meet her and offer some
help. There is a murder of a tribesman, plus the maiming of a
US Senator, that draws Charlie into a mix of local crime and
international intrique, and that combination really heats up the
story. There are explosions and more murders, plus a run-in with local
drug-running motorcycle gang members, and the action gets diverse, and it moves the reader along. The author introduces a romance angle, but it has a very hollow
feel to it, as though it was added after completion of the book,
and this angle doesn't ring true at all. Readable, but not very exciting, this book is a little too easy
to put down.
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