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DEAD MEN CAN'T DANCE
Restaurateur and psychic sleuth, Daisy O’Connor is not about to let trivial things like being banned from the rez or blackmailed by a corrupt sheriff prevent her from investigating mysterious deaths that occur each time the ghost of a Lakota Sioux Ghost Dancer appears in the South Dakota Badlands. Daisy sees the Dancer’s shadow, proving he is alive. After a deceased victim sends a dire warning that another will die, she is determined to prevent the ominous prediction.
As Daisy ruffles feathers, ignores the law and spins a few “white lies” while gathering information, she uncovers a twisted plot even tribal cop, John Greyhawk refuses to believe. Her search for compelling evidence drives a wedge between them, leaving Daisy to track down leads on her own. The closer she gets to learning the Ghost Dancer’s identity, the more she risks becoming his next victim.
As Daisy ruffles feathers, ignores the law and spins a few “white lies” while gathering information, she uncovers a twisted plot even tribal cop, John Greyhawk refuses to believe. Her search for compelling evidence drives a wedge between them, leaving Daisy to track down leads on her own. The closer she gets to learning the Ghost Dancer’s identity, the more she risks becoming his next victim.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 7, 2019
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March 9, 2019
When the dead speak, she has to act.
Another great cozy. Mixing rez life with the white man's but in such a way that is understandable ad sympathetic. A plot that immerses murder, tribal beliefs and ghosts whilst giving you an insight into the reservations carried by both sides against the other. A wonderful mix of characters especially the heroine who with her white skin and red hair is shunned by some even though she lived on the rez for several years and has a native American grandfather.
She have been asked to stake out where they think a ghost is present (by the way ghosts talk to her) but she knows from first glance that this isn't a ghost. This is a flesh and blood dancer and now she also knows that someone else is going to die. They have already had two deaths. Both young me were tortured and then killed. As she tries to make sense of it her companion has to leave her to aid the local sheriff with trouble at the new casino site. However the new victim keeps letting her know that another will die. She can't let it go and must fight against both the corrupt local sheriff and he crush on the rez police force. Will she find out who it is before she is added to the tally? Also how can she help her friend run the local diner if she is off snooping? Will she be able to save the fourth man?
Another great cozy. Mixing rez life with the white man's but in such a way that is understandable ad sympathetic. A plot that immerses murder, tribal beliefs and ghosts whilst giving you an insight into the reservations carried by both sides against the other. A wonderful mix of characters especially the heroine who with her white skin and red hair is shunned by some even though she lived on the rez for several years and has a native American grandfather.
She have been asked to stake out where they think a ghost is present (by the way ghosts talk to her) but she knows from first glance that this isn't a ghost. This is a flesh and blood dancer and now she also knows that someone else is going to die. They have already had two deaths. Both young me were tortured and then killed. As she tries to make sense of it her companion has to leave her to aid the local sheriff with trouble at the new casino site. However the new victim keeps letting her know that another will die. She can't let it go and must fight against both the corrupt local sheriff and he crush on the rez police force. Will she find out who it is before she is added to the tally? Also how can she help her friend run the local diner if she is off snooping? Will she be able to save the fourth man?
June 3, 2022
About that redheaded rez girl...
Daisy O'Connor has settled in a South Dakota town not far from the Piney Creek reservation where she had spent time years before, and although she's become more comfortable in the landscape than in her first adventure ("Dead Men Don't Talk"), she's still, literally, haunted by it.
When a Ghost Dancer's appearance coincides with local, unexplained deaths, John Greyhawk, Deputy Chief of Tribal Police, asks Daisy to help. She jumps in but then he wants her to back off, but she can't seem to shake the urge to find out what's going on. This, of course, causes tension and problems, and challenges Daisy to figure out how she can solve the mystery without completely alienating Greyhawk.
Probably the most delightful part of the book, for me, was the reappearance of Charlie Tall Tree, Daisy's grandfather. He reminded me of a particular Lakota Sioux whose trail we crossed on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and every time I read a passage featuring Charlie, I thought of that man.
I couldn't help wondering what in the world Daisy will get herself into next time!
Full disclosure: while the author and I have never met, we do have an online connection through our writing. I purchased this book and offer this honest review of it.
Daisy O'Connor has settled in a South Dakota town not far from the Piney Creek reservation where she had spent time years before, and although she's become more comfortable in the landscape than in her first adventure ("Dead Men Don't Talk"), she's still, literally, haunted by it.
When a Ghost Dancer's appearance coincides with local, unexplained deaths, John Greyhawk, Deputy Chief of Tribal Police, asks Daisy to help. She jumps in but then he wants her to back off, but she can't seem to shake the urge to find out what's going on. This, of course, causes tension and problems, and challenges Daisy to figure out how she can solve the mystery without completely alienating Greyhawk.
Probably the most delightful part of the book, for me, was the reappearance of Charlie Tall Tree, Daisy's grandfather. He reminded me of a particular Lakota Sioux whose trail we crossed on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and every time I read a passage featuring Charlie, I thought of that man.
I couldn't help wondering what in the world Daisy will get herself into next time!
Full disclosure: while the author and I have never met, we do have an online connection through our writing. I purchased this book and offer this honest review of it.
May 17, 2019
Good story
I enjoyed the story and the setting but the protagonist is beginning to grate. Her “white lies” and disregard for others make her more of a spoiled brat than a heroine. I still hope she will grow up a bit and will read the next story.
I enjoyed the story and the setting but the protagonist is beginning to grate. Her “white lies” and disregard for others make her more of a spoiled brat than a heroine. I still hope she will grow up a bit and will read the next story.
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