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When a young boy is brutally murdered, Jordan Tidewater, tribal sheriff for the Quinalt Nation, suspects a Native American is responsible and embarks on a painful journey into the buried past of her people to uncover the truth. 20,000 first printing. "
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Once again, the Pacific Northwestits people, its landscape and, especially, its animalscomes alive in Stokes's (The Tree People) talented hands. Two murders occur on Quinault Indian land on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. It falls to Jordan Tidewatershaman, tribal sheriff, single mother and U.S. deputy marshalto solve the cases. It's never a mystery who's responsible for the first killing, a brutal sacrificial dismemberment of an eight-year-old orphan. The youth's Chilean uncle and grandfather initiated the ritual slaughter for entrepreneurial reasons. The second crime, a sadistic sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl, is clumsily resolved in a written confession. In the process of solving the crimes, Jordan falls in love with the boy's uncle. Though awkwardly delineated, the love affair is suspenseful as readers wonder when Jordan will catch on to the man's perfidy. But most rewarding are the legends and traditions of the Quinault Indians, particularly those relating to animals. As a shaman trained to hear the ancient spirits of the listening ones (bear, salmon, whale, eagle, raven) and to respond to her own spirit animal (cougar), Jordan outsleuths her twin brother, who's the police chief, and her FBI counterparts. A cataclysmic tsunami during a lunar eclipse and the ceremonial confrontation with the courage-inspiring klokwhalle lead to a final ironic vengeance, which belongs to a black bear, a Siberian tiger and an orca. Despite a cumbersome subplot, Stokes tells this richly atmospheric tale in a tone of restrained assurance. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Single mother Jordan Tidewater, tribal sheriff for the Quinalt Nation on the Olympic Peninsula, must solve the brutal murders of two young children nearly her son's age. Then there's the ongoing problem of poachers killing eagles and bears. Stokes' novel has a lot going for it: Jordan's family life with her son, brother, and great grandfather is affecting and realistically portrayed; she capably integrates Native American folklore into the action; and the setting--the Olympic Peninsula itself, as well as the shores of the Pacific Ocean--is vividly described. On the other hand, plot details are often supplied in lengthy monologues rather than through meaningful dialogue; extraneous plot elements slow the action; and the climax is wordy and bogged down by a contrived fight between a Siberian tiger and killer whales. Still, the strengths outweigh the weaknesses, and the series itself displays considerable promise. Hope for tighter prose and crisper plotting in the next installment. --John Rowen