From Publishers Weekly
A dash of humor and a sprinkling of romance season Doss's eighth Charlie Moon mystery (after 2002's White Shell Woman). The part-time Ute tribal investigator and full-time rancher looks into the death of fellow tribesman Billy Smoke, murdered during an assault that left Billy's high-profile employer, Senator Patch Davidson, permanently crippled. An explosion at a new airport adds to the body count. Meanwhile, Charlie's acid-tongued Aunt Daisy, a shaman and tribal elder, pulls Charlie into more intrigue when her otherworldly visions focus on a missing red-haired campus policewoman. Allan Pearson, Patch's spoiled orphaned nephew, is hiding more than his own insecurity behind his mask of arrogance, while Miss James, Patch's beautiful assistant, seems to be Charlie's fatal attraction. And ranch foreman Henry Buford, formerly with the Defense Intelligence Agency, is clearly a man who would take or give a bullet to defend those who trust him. Despite his good nature and gentle heart, Charlie winds up in plenty of skirmishes, including a slugfest with Half-Ton, a mammoth biker whose entourage later returns with a vengeance. But these guys are the least of his worries. If the killing is ever to stop, Moon must send a certain "dead soul" to his rest.
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From Booklist
Doss keeps ringing intriguing changes off the chords of his unusual premise: former Southern Ute police officer Charlie Moon, now a Colorado rancher, solves crimes as a special tribal investigator while sparring with his cantankerous Aunt Daisy, a Ute shaman, who scoffs at Charlie's obstinate refusal to acknowledge the supernatural nature of the universe. This time there is less overt sparring, but the conflict in worldviews remains central to the action. Charlie's investigation of the murder of a tribe member, who was assaulted while chauffeuring a U.S. senator, merges with a possible espionage plot and the disappearance of red-headed girl who seems to be haunting Daisy's dreams. Charlie scoffs his way to solving the various mysteries but not before admitting to himself, in the dark of the night, that Daisy may know more about the world than he does. No, he doesn't believe in ghosts, but "they don't seem to care whether I believe in 'em or not." Hillerman gets the most press, but Doss mixes an equally potent brew of crime and Native American spirituality.
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