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Title details for Sky Woman Falling by Kirk Mitchell - Available

Sky Woman Falling

#4 in series

by Kirk Mitchell
Dick Hill
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FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc Indian from California, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker, a Comanche from Oklahoma, are a team, sent by the Feds wherever there are problems in tribal territory.

This assignment takes them to upstate New York where Brenda Two Kettles, an elder of the Oneida tribe, was found dead in a cornfield, every major bone in her body shattered. She seems to have fallen from the sky, like Sky Woman of the Oneida creation myth. When Anna and Emmett discover that Brenda was the center of a bitter land dispute between Indians and whites, they are sure she was murdered. Their investigation brings them face to face with the dangers of race war, and soon their own lives depend on Anna’s instincts and her ability to see the line where myth and reality come together.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Emmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781483056265
      • File size: 395699 KB
      • Duration: 13:44:22

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Dick Hill works magic in this thriller set in the world of the modern Oneida tribe in upstate New York. Anna Turnipseed, and her partner are assigned to solve what is, if not murder, one of the more bizarre accidents on record, the death of Oneida elder Brenda Twokettles by falling out of the sky when no aircraft was in the area. It's all connected to an Oneida creation myth, racist passions, a divisive land claim, and a psychological manipulation that defies belief, but you can tell instantly if Hill's speaker is male, female, drunk, drugged, scared, sleepy, or nuts, and he brings tension and subtlety to the pacing that absolutely save the day. B.G. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 13, 2003
      Mitchell combines a great story line with an authentic Native-American background in his flawless fourth mystery (after 2001's The Ancient Ones
      ) to feature FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc, and Bureau of Indian Affairs investigator Emmett Parker, a Comanche. When the body of Brenda Two Kettles turns up in a frozen field near her New York reservation, her severe injuries leave no doubt that she fell from the sky, just like Sky Woman in the Oneida story of creation. Enter the Feds' Indian hunting party, Turnipseed and Parker. The Oneida nation's 1985 win in a Supreme Court decision has still not succeeded in the return of their rightful ownership of 270,000 acres now in the hands of about 60,000 white people. Finding an answer seems impossible, though many forces are at work to reach a peaceful resolution. Yet how does an Oneida Indian take a commercial airliner and end up falling to her death? Anna becomes increasingly aware that the solution is somehow connected to the Oneidas' creation story. As the body count rises, she and her almost-lover, Emmett, realize they have no time to work on their damaged personal lives. As a former deputy on the Paiute-Shoshone Indian reservations in California, the author knows the real issues facing Native Americans today. Packed with suspense and action, this intricate tale delivers a conclusion that is nothing short of brilliant. (Nov. 4)

      Forecast:
      Because of the graphic violence in his books, Mitchell is unlikely to win as wide a readership as Tony Hillerman. On the other hand, those who like grittier crime novels should give this a boost.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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