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The Bluejay Shaman (Alix Thorssen, Bk 1)
The Bluejay Shaman - Alix Thorssen, Bk 1
Author: Lise McClendon
ISBN-13: 9780373262137
ISBN-10: 0373262132
Publication Date: 8/1/1996
Pages: 253
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Bluejay Shaman (Alix Thorssen, Bk 1) on + 1217 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
In this gripping debut, a Wyomng art expert and consultant for the FBI returns to her home state of Montana to appraise a trailer full of stolen art for the local police. The evening of Alix Thorssens arrival, her sisters husband is arrested for the murder of a woman named Shiloh, spiritual leader of a womans group called the Manitou Matrix. Although Alix cant believe her brother-in-law, an anthropology teacher, would have killed Shiloh, his knife may be the murder weapon. Moreover, he admits to having had a loud argument with her the day before when, incensed that someone hadcut the limbs off a tree sacred to the Native American Salish tribe, he had questioned Shiloh and her group. Taking on the job of proving his innocence, Alix gets a call from a woman asking her to authenticate a Jackson Pollock painting. When that woman is found murdered nearby, Alix discovers that the victim had also been trying to locate an artifact known as the Bluejay Shaman. Because Shiloh, too, was looking for the elusive Bluejay pictograph, Alix focuses her search on the ancient stone. Ancient rituals and the powerful Montana landscape are deftly integrated in this suspenseful tale.
reviewed The Bluejay Shaman (Alix Thorssen, Bk 1) on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A pretty good mystery set around native american tradition and artifacts.