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Summary: A wonderful mystery novel.
Review: "Cry Dance" is a wonderful suspense novel with surprising twists and turns woven into a complex plot. Emmett Parker and Anna Turnispeed are believable and endearing characters. I stayed up all night reading "Cry Dance" in anticipation of what was to become of Anna and Emmett. Extremely entertaining and fast paced. I would highly recommend it to anyone in the mood for a good mystery novel.
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Summary: The well done parts fail to blend into a well done whole
Review: Renowned investigator Emmett Quanah Parker works for the Bureau of Indian affairs. His successful efforts cross so many tribes. Many Native Americans consider him a living legend. Still, his resume fails to prepare him for his current case on Hauqsupai land. Someone tortured and mutilated a woman, leaving her face so scarred that she is beyond recognition. The brutality of the culprit is not the only thing that leaves Emmett ill. He must work with FBI Special Agent Anna Turnspeed, a rookie with no field experience. The victim turns out to be Stephanie Roper, a senior official working for the Bureau of Land management. The agency empowered Ms. Roper to authorize land deals that impacted Native Americans. The trail leads Emmett and Stephanie to an Indian casino and ultimately to the last of the Chemuheus. The elderly woman claims the reservation for herself. Emmett soon traces the path to IMG, a company promoting reservation gambling. Anna, without Emmett's knowledge, goes undercover at the Spirit Meadows Casino in an effort to ferret out a killer before someone else is murdered. Now Emmett has something else to worry about as his case takes twists he never expected. CRY DANCE provides readers with well-written and interesting descriptions of reservation gambling, tribal problems, and the degree of true autonomy from the world of DC. The two prime characters are warm and witty when kept in isolation. However, the twosome never seems to click in any remote way, leaving the readers to peruse what appears to be a dysfunctional story line whenever the two heroes appear together. Mostly this is caused by Emmett being more of a one-dimensional Shane after the gunslinger leaves the ranch. Readers will simply cry off CRY DANCE. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Rasfa & Reggae on the Reservation?
Review: A confusing and incoherent tale, seems like the author just threw everything in the frig straight into the stew. A mismash that jumps around with no particular purpose except to express the political views of the author. Book jacket says "the great-great grandson of calvary trooper" -- pretty weak laurels. Where was the editor when Anna was left in total darkness, and then could suddenly see? Thank goodness I didn't BUY this ridiculous book.
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Summary: A real page turner
Review: A real page turner. Mitchell really tells a great story. Lots of plot twists and surprises. I couldn't put the book down. It was especially fun seeing how Emmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed finally manage to work together despite their conflicting personalities. Mitchell makes these two characters so real, I feel I've known them for years and can't wait to see what happens to them next. Great read for Tony Hillerman, Robert B. Parker, Clive Cussler fans.
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Summary: Worthwhile Reading
Review: Aside from being an easy-reading, enjoyable murder mystery (the ending of which is not easily guessed), Kirk Mitchell provides the reader with information concerning Native American tribes and their customs. Recommended reading.
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Summary: Superb
Review: Cry Dance is an exceptional book. I highly recommend this novel to anyone desiring a fast paced mystery.
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Summary: What a Great Book!
Review: Cry Dance was outstanding. I could not read the pages fast enough. The plot of the story was well developed and easy to follow. This was not a predictable story. It kept me guessing the whole time. Mitchell has a quite an imagination, and I hope to read more exciting and suspenseful books from this author in the future. May Parker and Turnipseed live on! RM
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Summary: You will not be able to put this book down
Review: Don't purchase this book unless you have time on your hands. Mitchell has an extremely unique talent of grasping me and not letting me go. I tend to forget my responsibilities and just want more and more of his fine work. Mitchell is definately one of the most underated artists in his field. As more and more people are introduced to his work, the more he will be accepted and appreciated.
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Summary: This one will keep you up all night . . .
Review: Emmett Q. Parker, a criminal investigator for the BIA, is descended from Quanah, and Anna Turnipseed of the FBI is the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Jack of the Modoc, and even though the former is a very tough old veteran and the latter is still a rookie, you don't want to mess with either of them. Mitchell, who is well experienced at plotting blood-freezing action plots, does it again in this story of southwestern Indian casinos and Jamaican posses and psychotic killers, but he also does an excellent job of putting you inside the head of the lead characters (including the bad guys), letting you find out why they are who they are, how they relate to each other, and how they deal with being Indians in a mostly white world. And some of it is pretty horrific. But this isn't Tony Hillerman and there's not much romanticism in modern Indian life. An excellent piece of writing.
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Summary: This one will keep you up all night . . .
Review: Emmett Q. Parker, a criminal investigator for the BIA, is descended from Quanah, and Anna Turnipseed of the FBI is the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Jack of the Modoc, and even though the former is a very tough old veteran and the latter is still a rookie, you don't want to mess with either of them. Mitchell, who is well experienced at plotting blood-freezing action plots, does it again in this story of southwestern Indian casinos and Jamaican posses and psychotic killers, but he also does an excellent job of putting you inside the head of the lead characters (including the bad guys), letting you find out why they are who they are, how they relate to each other, and how they deal with being Indians in a mostly white world. And some of it is pretty horrific. But this isn't Tony Hillerman and there's not much romanticism in modern Indian life. An excellent piece of writing.
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