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Charlie Spotted Moon #1
Bad Medicine
Original title was: Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon, in hardcover.
A child's death hits everyone hard, and Sparky Weed's parents blamed his physician, the beautiful Dr. Miranda Trobridge. From the start, attorney Charlie Moon sensed something sinister behind the malpractice case against her. A second untimely death told him it was murder. And without a trace of evidence, Charlie must conjure up a bit of Indian magic to get a second opinion ... from the dead themselves. He's a tough, lean American Indian with a degree in law and a special gift for detection. His San Francisco law firm is a far cry from the Ojibwa reservation of his childhood, but Charlie lives in both worlds. And when the law fails, he takes a surer path to justice-following the shaman's way to uncover the dark crimes of the heart....
A child's death hits everyone hard, and Sparky Weed's parents blamed his physician, the beautiful Dr. Miranda Trobridge. From the start, attorney Charlie Moon sensed something sinister behind the malpractice case against her. A second untimely death told him it was murder. And without a trace of evidence, Charlie must conjure up a bit of Indian magic to get a second opinion ... from the dead themselves. He's a tough, lean American Indian with a degree in law and a special gift for detection. His San Francisco law firm is a far cry from the Ojibwa reservation of his childhood, but Charlie lives in both worlds. And when the law fails, he takes a surer path to justice-following the shaman's way to uncover the dark crimes of the heart....
243 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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February 4, 2012
I've always loved crime novels or mystery novels...but not usually from the perspective of a lawyer or a judge. Usually I prefer to read from the perspective of the con-man or some other off-beat character. Charlie Moon is exactly that though: off-beat and yet still an extremely competent lawyer. The mixture of mystery/crime in this book along with the touches of fantasy (Charlie Moon is not only a lawyer but also a Native American Shaman) made for a really intriguing read that went extremely fast. I think I read the entire book in only a couple of sittings.
Proviso: there is a great deal of racism and sexism discussed/depicted--which does make perfect sense when you realize that the book was published in the 1970's. From a modern point of view, though, the overtly racist or sexist comments that were slung around against Charlie Moon and his female clients/co-workers had me wincing whenever they occurred.
Proviso: there is a great deal of racism and sexism discussed/depicted--which does make perfect sense when you realize that the book was published in the 1970's. From a modern point of view, though, the overtly racist or sexist comments that were slung around against Charlie Moon and his female clients/co-workers had me wincing whenever they occurred.
April 29, 2008
The first book in his Charlie Moon series, this story revolves around a malpractice case and the death of a drug salesman. Actually, a pretty entertaining cozy, and I will probably read others by Yarbro, given the chance
July 5, 2008
BAD MEDICINE - Ex
Yarbro, C.Q. - 1st in series
Charlie Moon is a Native American lawyer with a firm in San Francisco. When the law fails, Charlie takes a surer path to justice - following hte shaman's way to uncover the dark crimes of the heart.
Very different and very good.
Yarbro, C.Q. - 1st in series
Charlie Moon is a Native American lawyer with a firm in San Francisco. When the law fails, Charlie takes a surer path to justice - following hte shaman's way to uncover the dark crimes of the heart.
Very different and very good.
October 6, 2012
Re-read. Remains readable, but I'm not sure whether what was presumably very rad and progressive when it first came out in the 70s entirely holds up now. (And just as a point of info, when did the term 'Native American' come into common usage?)
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