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Kirk Mitchell

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Learn moreIf there's one thing that Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett 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.
The corpse of a woman, brutally murdered and bizarrely mutilated, 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 to a Little Bighorn, into a killer's trap.At the heart of it are the dead, and history is the most lethal weapon of all.
Fans of Tony Hillerman will enjoy these novels by Kirk Mitchell, whose background as a sheriff on a reservation brings an exciting realism to the books.
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. This Edgar Award–nominated author lives in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards and been named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices. Stefan’s early singing career included choral and solo concerts at Carnegie Hall, Judson Hall, and Lincoln Center.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Stefan Rudnicki
ISBN:
9781483052076
Length:
11 hours 16 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
October 8, 2009
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“Tony Hillerman, watch your back: Kirk Mitchell, a former sheriff’s deputy who patrolled the Native American reservations of Inyo County, Calif., has concocted an exciting new competitor for the bestselling Jim Chee-Joe Leaphorn Navajo mysteries…Mitchell knows his turf and delivers a savory whodunit without remorse.”
“If Mr. Mitchell was as good a policeman as he is a writer, there must not have been a criminal standing when he retired.”
“Cry Dance deserves to be read both by mystery fans and those who relish American Indian culture.”
“A taut thriller…Parker and Turnipseed make a memorable literary pair.”
“A good purchase, especially for Tony Hillerman fans.”
“Nail-bitingly intense…A breathless page-turner…with memorable Native American myths and an outdoorsman’s respect for the Southwest’s brutal beauty.”
“The novel’s final scenes are truly creepy and caused much nail biting on my part.”
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