The Shaman Sings
by:
James D. Doss (author)
Welcome to southwestern Colorado's Ute reservation--a place where the world of modern science and the mysticism of ages past murderously collide… "Stunning."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)The shocking death of a female physics student has shattered the peaceful community of Granite Creek,...
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Welcome to southwestern Colorado's Ute reservation--a place where the world of modern science and the mysticism of ages past murderously collide… "Stunning."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)The shocking death of a female physics student has shattered the peaceful community of Granite Creek, Colorado--and police chief Scott Parrish has a hunch he can't even begin to explain. He saw the killing…in his dreams. "Doss mixes an equally potent brew of crime and Native American spirituality."--BooklistDaisy Perika experienced the same visions. An aged Ute shaman who lives in a trailer on the lonesome highlands, hers is the realm of the Native American spirit. But Daisy doesn't need scientific proof to know that the student's breakthrough discovery was to kill for. And it isn't over yet."Magical and tantalizing."--New York Times Book ReviewParrish wants to believe that Daisy can unleash the truth. But will her visions of Coyote and fire make for evidence in a court of law? Now it's up to Parrish and Daisy's nephew, Tribal Police investigator Charlie Moon, to summon the supernatural and seize the killer--before he strikes again…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780380724963 (0380724960)
Publish date: November 1st 1995
Publisher: Avon Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Charlie Moon (#1)
I’ve previously reviewed James Scott Belle’s writing guide, Super Structure, and I love the mystical mysteries of James D. Doss. To teach myself to better apply Bell’s structural signposts, I reread Doss’s first book, noting how he intuitively applied those story-line elements in his unconventional ...
It seems like I compare books to food a lot lately so this one reminds me of casserole where it tastes pretty good but there’s just some ingredient in it you just can’t place and would have been fine without and maybe the whole thing is slightly underseasoned. The Shaman Sings was James D. Doss’ ...
The first in a series that shows promise. Scott Parris has a hunch and a dream about a murder and his hunches are turning out to be pretty accurate. Along with him Daisy Perika is seeing some of the same things, however she acknowledges that this is shamanistic visions, he's reluctant to agree. I...
The first in a series that shows promise. Scott Parris has a hunch and a dream about a murder and his hunches are turning out to be pretty accurate. Along with him Daisy Perika is seeing some of the same things, however she acknowledges that this is shamanistic visions, he's reluctant to agree.It'...