If there's one thing Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmet Quanah Parker knows, it's that the dead don't always stay dead. With him he carries the ghosts of a partner killed in action, three failed marriages, and a long affair with the bottle. And now he's about to face the most dangerous case of his career--one that begins with a body that doesn't stay buried.
Brutally murdered and bizarrely mutilated, a woman's corpse is discovered on Havasupai Nation land. Parker is paired with FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed in a hastily assembled task force of two. The two share a mixed Native American ancestry...and little else. As they are pulled deeper into a complex case, Parker suspects they are being led--like Custer into Little Bighorn--into a killer's trap, with Anna the bait and Parker himself the quarry. At the heart of it are the dead, with history the most lethal weapon of all....
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From the Back Cover:
"Tony Hillerman, watch your back....Mitchell knows his turf and delivers a savory whodunit without remorse."
--People
"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
"Plenty of strenuous treks through rugged terrain...What a great guy to keep around..."
--The New York Times Book Review
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About the Author:
KIRK MITCHELL served as a deputy sheriff on the Paiute-Shoshone Indian reservations of the desert country that includes Death Valley and was a SWAT sergeant in Southern California before beginning his career as a full-time writer.
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- PublisherRandom House Large Print
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0375432655
- ISBN 13 9780375432651
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages560
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