Search - The Eagle Catcher (John O'Malley, Bk 1)

OK, but too cliche, imo. Noble Indians, and bad, land/oil/money-grubbing whites.

Smart mystery, great set-up book for rest of series. Characters are well drawn.

Very gripping! This is a great mystery. The main character is a Catholic priest on an Arapaho Indian Reservation in Wyoming.

Despite the plethora of trite/cliche painful sentences in the first half, I kept going and in the end I enjoyed it. I want to keep going with the series.

The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel is a Native American Detective novel but with a little difference. A white priest and a Native American lawyer are the main characters and together they help solve a murder on a Native American (Arapahos) Reservation.
The story is a routine murder investigation but is made interesting by the characterizations . For example, a priest recovering from a drinking problem is sent to the Reservation for , as a quote from the book states, “ He hadn’t intended to stay at St. Francis Mission long. The assignment had come while he was still in treatment at Grace House. He had figured he’d be there long enough to take his lumps, be duly humbled, as only the Jesuits could humble one of their own . “ Then he becomes a sleuth in a murder . The other characters in the book are just as interesting as well as the insights into Arapaho culture.
If you enjoy the mysteries of Hillerman and Doss you might find this a refreshing difference.

This is an interesting, well writen view of the Arapaho people with many interesting bits of information about the native American life today as well as centuries ago. The writer weaves many twists and turns into the story to keep your attention. it is a hard book to put down.