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Kirk Mitchell won acclaim with his first two suspense novels featuring Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed. Now the author of Cry Dance and Spirit Sickness pairs Parker and Turnipseed once more, to investigate a case where the discovery of a mysterious skeleton on an Oregon Indian reservation will pit the demands of modern forensics against traditional tribal laws.
Though there are signs of foul play, Emmett Quanah Parker and Anna Turnipseed aren't looking for a killer -- the remains dug out of a riverbank by an illegal fossil hunter are 14,000 years old. Parker and Turnipseed are sent to central Oregon as official witnesses to the examination of John Day Man, as he is dubbed, for the bones have quickly provoked a controversy that threatens to erupt into violence: the skeleton is not Native American but distinctly Caucasian, shattering long-held tenets concerning who the first inhabitants of this continent were.
Emmett, with his Comanche and white ancestry, and Anna, a reservation-born Modoc with Asian blood, share a sensitivity to both parties' concerns -- and a forbidden attraction that's causing them professional and personal problems. They've broken the unwritten law that partners should never get emotionally involved. Having crossed that line, Emmett and Anna are too distracted by each other to see the escalating suspicion and fear around them when a young tribal anthropologist is swallowed by the misty night and within hours of her disappearance the fossil hunter who discovered the skeleton is found disemboweled.
The Warm Springs Indians insist that the unburied bones of the Ancient One have been turned into a skep, a murderous spirit that haunts the darkness. As winter closes in on the steppes of the Columbia Plateau, accusations of ritualized murder fly between the Indian and white communities -- and the fight turns deadly when a second skeleton is unearthed.
In the midst of the turmoil, Emmett and Anna are paralyzed by their own demons. This estrangement could prove deadly if they stop watching each other's back long enough for a killer to target them too. And at the center of it all are the Ancient Ones, exacting a terrible price as the dark path to resolution runs a gauntlet through the boneyards of prehistory.
Though there are signs of foul play, Emmett Quanah Parker and Anna Turnipseed aren't looking for a killer -- the remains dug out of a riverbank by an illegal fossil hunter are 14,000 years old. Parker and Turnipseed are sent to central Oregon as official witnesses to the examination of John Day Man, as he is dubbed, for the bones have quickly provoked a controversy that threatens to erupt into violence: the skeleton is not Native American but distinctly Caucasian, shattering long-held tenets concerning who the first inhabitants of this continent were.
Emmett, with his Comanche and white ancestry, and Anna, a reservation-born Modoc with Asian blood, share a sensitivity to both parties' concerns -- and a forbidden attraction that's causing them professional and personal problems. They've broken the unwritten law that partners should never get emotionally involved. Having crossed that line, Emmett and Anna are too distracted by each other to see the escalating suspicion and fear around them when a young tribal anthropologist is swallowed by the misty night and within hours of her disappearance the fossil hunter who discovered the skeleton is found disemboweled.
The Warm Springs Indians insist that the unburied bones of the Ancient One have been turned into a skep, a murderous spirit that haunts the darkness. As winter closes in on the steppes of the Columbia Plateau, accusations of ritualized murder fly between the Indian and white communities -- and the fight turns deadly when a second skeleton is unearthed.
In the midst of the turmoil, Emmett and Anna are paralyzed by their own demons. This estrangement could prove deadly if they stop watching each other's back long enough for a killer to target them too. And at the center of it all are the Ancient Ones, exacting a terrible price as the dark path to resolution runs a gauntlet through the boneyards of prehistory.
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"Tony Hillerman, watch your back.... Mitchell knows his turf and delivers a savory whodunit without remorse."
-- People
Praise for Kirk Mitchell's Spirit Sickness:
"A high-octane thriller in the Thomas Harris mold."
-- Booklist
"Darker, grittier, and more satisfying than Hillerman's work ... Spirit Sickness reads fast, runs true and keeps you guessing."
-- Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque
"Intriguing ... Mitchell makes the most of Navajo mythology and the landscape of the Southwest."
-- Chicago Tribune
"A tough, hard-hitting story ... a winner."
-- I Love a Mystery
"Fans of Tony Hillerman and the Thurlos will want to read Spirit Sickness, a thriller that captures the identity of the Navajo Nation. Kirk Mitchell is a talented storyteller."
-- The Midwest Book Review
Cry Dance
"If Mr. Mitchell was as good a policeman as he is a writer, there must not have been a criminal standing when he retired."
-- The Washington Times
"Plenty of strenuous treks through rugged terrain.... What a great guy to keep around."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Nail-bitingly intense ... A breathless page-turner ... with memorable Native American myths and an outdoorsman's respect for the Southwest's brutal beauty."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A taut thriller ... Parker and Turnipseed make a memorable literary pair."
-- Publishers Weekly
About the Author:
-- People
Praise for Kirk Mitchell's Spirit Sickness:
"A high-octane thriller in the Thomas Harris mold."
-- Booklist
"Darker, grittier, and more satisfying than Hillerman's work ... Spirit Sickness reads fast, runs true and keeps you guessing."
-- Weekly Alibi, Albuquerque
"Intriguing ... Mitchell makes the most of Navajo mythology and the landscape of the Southwest."
-- Chicago Tribune
"A tough, hard-hitting story ... a winner."
-- I Love a Mystery
"Fans of Tony Hillerman and the Thurlos will want to read Spirit Sickness, a thriller that captures the identity of the Navajo Nation. Kirk Mitchell is a talented storyteller."
-- The Midwest Book Review
Cry Dance
"If Mr. Mitchell was as good a policeman as he is a writer, there must not have been a criminal standing when he retired."
-- The Washington Times
"Plenty of strenuous treks through rugged terrain.... What a great guy to keep around."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Nail-bitingly intense ... A breathless page-turner ... with memorable Native American myths and an outdoorsman's respect for the Southwest's brutal beauty."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A taut thriller ... Parker and Turnipseed make a memorable literary pair."
-- Publishers Weekly
Kirk Mitchell is a veteran of law enforcement in Indian country. An Edgar Award nominee for a previous novel, he lives in the Sierra Nevada of California.
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- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0553109146
- ISBN 13 9780553109146
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