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Night of the White Buffalo Night of the White Buffalo

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 before Father John can identify him. Two months later, Vicky discovers rancher Dennis Carey shot dead in his truck along Blue Sky Highway. With the tragic news comes the exposure of an astonishing secret: the most sacred creature in Native American mythology, a white buffalo calf, was recently born on Carey's ranch.

Making national headlines, the miraculous animal draws a flood of pilgrims to the reservation, frustrating an already difficult investigation. As visitors throw the reservation into turmoil, Vicky and Father John try to unravel the strange events surrounding both Carey's murder and the recent disappearances of three cowboys from his ranch.

It could be coincidence, given the nomadic life of the cowboy trade, but when one of them fails to appear in court to testify on an assault charge, Vicky wonders if Arnie Walkfast and his Arapaho buddies are guilty of more than just assault. And at the back of Father John's mind is the voice from the man in the confessional: I killed a man...

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Berkley Hardcover, September 2014, ISBN-13: 9780425264652



Praise

"The white buffalo calf adds an element of spiritualism to this eighteenth entry in the consistently strong Wind River series, with the Holden-O'Malley relationship still simmering as something more than friendship."
   —Booklist

"Coel deftly inscribes Arapaho tradition and culture into the Western landscape, portraying both the grace and the squalor of reservation life."
   —Publishers Weekly

"Coel continues her Wind River series with this tale of a string of shockingly casual killings coinciding with the birth of a white buffalo calf, sacred in Native American mythology. Coel evokes the hard lives of both the itinerate cowboys and the Native Americans who live on a Wyoming reservation." 4 stars
   —Romantic Times