Margaret Coel

According to legend, Sacajawea-the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition through the American wilderness-is buried on the Wind River Reservation. Now, a college professor-and longtime friend of Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden-has disappeared while seeking the truth behind the legend. Vicky and Father John O'Malley soon discover that her missing friend is linked to another female historian who also vanished on the reservation-while...

"In 1907, photographer Edward S. Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation, hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished altogether. To preserve the legacy of warriors in battle, Curtis staged an attack on a village planning to capture it on film. But it became all too real when the daughter of the tribe's chief was found murdered--and her killer was never identified"--Page 2 of cover.

After a candidate for governor is murdered, and his estranged wife is arrested for first-degree homicide, journalist Catherine McLeod must risk her career--and her life--to find the witness who can identify the candidate's murderer: Detective Ryan Beckman.

"With her gritty mysteries steeped in authentic Native American culture, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel is "widely considered the most accomplished heir to Tony Hillerman's legacy," (Scripps Howard News Service). In the latest Wind River novel, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley confront a ruthless killer in the wake of a miraculous event. A mysterious penitent confesses to murder, and then flees the confessional...

When Father John O'Malley returns to investigate another murder near the Arapaho Indian mountains, he is shocked to discover that the body he had seen in the snow the previous night has vanished, leaving only suspicion and doubt behind as evidence.