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Summary: Mitchell is slipping . . .
Review: This third novel in the series about BIA criminal investigator Emmett Parker, a Comanche, and FBI agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc, doesn't seem nearly as well organized as the first two. There are also unexplained overtones of supernatural involvement which grate, compared to the thoroughly realistic treatment of events in their earlier cases. This time, they're off to Oregon to "keep the peace" during the brouhaha that follows the discovery of what is apparently a Caucasoid skeleton nearly 15,000 years old. This has major political implications for the rights of Native Americans as "original inhabitants," and the scientific community isn't happy about the pressure put on by the Warm Springs Reservation for immediate reburial of the remains. Thaddeus Rankin, renowned anthropologist, has his own cultural and political agenda. And underlying everything is the tension between Emmett and Anna as they try to get their personal relationship off the ground. Some of this is well handled, especially the true causes of Rankin's medical condition, but Mitchell also seems perfectly happy with the antiscientific superstition and politically correct religious bigotry behind NAGPRA -- the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. (I'm sure my own biases are showing there. . . .)
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Summary: GREAT READ!
Review: This was my first Kirk Mitchell book but it will not be my last. The author seems to have a vast knowledge of native American culture, and is a true artist at weaving a thrilling and suspensful story! The combination makes for a great read. I guess this is a series, but you don't have to worry about starting out of order, at least it did not bother me.
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Summary: GREAT READ!
Review: This was my first Kirk Mitchell book but it will not be my last. The author seems to have a vast knowledge of native American culture, and is a true artist at weaving a thrilling and suspensful story! The combination makes for a great read. I guess this is a series, but you don't have to worry about starting out of order, at least it did not bother me. If you like this type of book you might check out "A Tourist in the Yucatan" a good thriller that involves the ancient Mayans.
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Summary: Visions on the Rez
Review: Visions from Stephen King, Sigmund Freud, Masters & Johnson, Clive Cussler, and the Donner Party sluice through the newest adventures of BIA Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker (Comanche) and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed (Modoc.) Kudos to Jacket designer Jamie S. Warren Youll. Sometimes one can judge a book by its gorgeous cover! Author Kirk Mitchell's forte is evoking taut suspense in Indian Country, a topography with which he very familiar. This time, the mysteries swirl around recently discovered bones and NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.) My only beef with this installment is the detracting collateral story line of Anna and Emmett's relationship: sexual abuse survivor dysfunction ad nauseam. Enough already! P.S. It doesn't show up here on Amazon's "Customers who bought this also bought...," but I also recommend "Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo," by Kenn Harper.
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