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Zusatztext “ Night of the White Buffalo is as fresh as any of the Boulder author’s other books. In fact, Coel’s work has a maturity that comes from years of honing the writing craft.”— The Denver Post “Fans of the Wind River Mystery series will find Night of the White Buffalo hard to put down. With well-developed characters and evocative descriptions, this eighteenth installment in the series is another example of Coel’s prowess as a writer. Once again, authentic dialogue combines with historical fact to create an authentic, exciting read.”—Examiner.com “Compelling…Coel deftly inscribes Arapaho tradition and culture into the Western landscape, portraying both the grace and the squalor of reservation life.”— Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Margaret Coel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the acclaimed Wind River Mysteries featuring Father John O’Malley and Vicky Holden, as well as the Catherine McLeod Mysteries and several works of nonfiction. Originally a historian by trade, she is considered an expert on the Arapaho Indians. A native of Colorado, she resides in Boulder. Klappentext New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel returns to the Wind River Reservation with Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley investigating a mystery overshadowed by a mythological miracle... A mysterious penitent confesses to murder! and then flees the confessional before Father John can identify him. Two months later! Vicky discovers rancher Dennis Carey shot dead in his truck along Blue Sky Highway. With the tragic news comes the exposure of an astonishing secret: the most sacred creature in Native American mythology! a white buffalo calf! was recently born on Carey's ranch. The miraculous animal draws a flood of pilgrims to the reservation! frustrating Vicky and Father John's already difficult investigation as they try to unravel the strange events surrounding both Carey's murder and the recent disappearances of three cowboys from his ranch. It could be coincidence! given a cowboy's nomadic life! but Vicky doesn't believe in coincidences. And at the back of Father John's mind is the voice from the man in the confessional: I killed a man ... Leseprobe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS 1 Late June, the Moon When the Hot Weather Begins THE CONFESSIONAL WAS warm and stuffy. The round light in the ceiling shone on the pages of the novel he was reading and radiated heat around the small area. He could hear the wind picking up outside, the June beginnings of the hot, dry winds that would scour the Wind River Reservation all summer. A cottonwood branch scratched at the corner of the church like an animal nibbling at the stucco. Father John Aloysius O’Malley flexed his legs in the cramped space and checked his watch. Ten minutes before five. Confessions ran from three to five every Saturday afternoon, and the last penitent had left twenty minutes ago. He had heard the church door open and close, had felt the swish of fresh air wafting into the confessional through the slats on either side. Usually the same handful of parishioners came with a litany of the same sins. Got drunk. Yelled at the kids. Had impure thoughts about the next-door neighbor. Forgive me, Father. He hadn’t heard anyone else enter the church, known as the new chapel the Arapahos had built at St. Francis Mission almost a hundred years ago, after the old chapel had burned down. He closed the Craig Johnson novel he was reading—Wyoming setting, people and places that seemed true and real—and switched off the light. Immediately the confessional felt cooler, or at the least not as warm. He had heard confessions at St. Francis Mission on the Wind River Reservation for more than ten years, longer than he had imagined he would be here. Six years was the usual as...
