Title: The silent spirit
First published: 2009
Description: Margaret Coel returns to Wind River with a brand new mystery featuring Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley. In 1923, Arapahos from the Wind River Reservation were recruited to appear as extras in the silent film The Covered Wagon. But Charlie Wallowingbull never returned home, leaving people to believe he abandoned his wife and unborn son. Kiki Wallowingbull, Charlie's great-grandson, went to Hollywood determined to uncover the truth behind his great-grandfather's disappearance. But Kiki has been murdered—his frozen body discovered by Father John, and his supposed killer confessing to Vicky that it was self-defense. Together, they must find the connection between two deaths separated by nearly a century.
Subjects: Fiction, Arapaho Indians in fiction, Women lawyers in fiction, Women lawyers, Murder in fiction, Investigation, Vicky Holden (Fictitious character), John O'Malley (Fictitious character), Murder, Arapaho Indians, Mystery, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, O'malley, john (fictitious character), fiction, Holden, vicky (fictitious character), fiction, Women lawyers, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Crime, fiction, Wyoming, fiction
Places: Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)