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novels

        Blood Memory
        Girl w/ Braided Hair
        Drowning Man
        Eye of the Wolf
        Wife of Moon
        Killing Raven
        Shadow Dancer
        Thunder Keeper
        Spirit Woman
        Lost Bird
        Story Teller
        Dream Stalker
        Ghost Walker
        Eagle Catcher

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NEW Standalone Novel!

Blood Memory
  2008  


Father John and Vicky Holden Series

The Girl with Braided Hair
  2007  
The Drowning Man Eye of the Wolf Wife of Moon
2006 2005 2004
Killing Raven The Shadow Dancer The Thunder Keeper
2003 2002 2001
The Spirit Woman The Lost Bird The Story Teller
2000 1999 1997
The Dream Catcher The Ghost Walker The Eagle Catcher
1997 1996 1995


A Note from the Author

Welcome to my world of mystery novels and short stories set among the Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation. The people who move through my stories—Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden and everyone in their lives—have sprung straight from my imagination. They are, as Henry James said of his characters, my dream people. But the Arapahos and the setting are real, and you can find out about both on this website.

The stories are also real, in that they're based on actual crimes and injustices. Some occurred in recent times, such as the horrific crime in The Lost Bird which I read about in the newspaper. Other crimes are from the past—what the Arapahos call the Old Time. The Story Teller, The Spirit Woman, and The Shadow Dancer are all based on events in history—old crimes that have a way of haunting the present, refusing to be forgotten, still demanding justice.

All are stories that took hold of me and refused to let go until I'd written about them.

Margaret