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Silent Spirit (A Wind River Reservation Mystery)
by Margaret Coel

Father John has just returned from a six month stay in Rome. Driving through a snowstorm, he sees a hitchhiker. Father John takes Kiki Wallowingbull to breakfast and then to the highway to hitch to Hollywood. Kiki is on a quest to prove to his grandfather that he has changed, by finding out what happened to his great-grandfather, Charlie. Back in 1923 a group from the reservation worked on the great silent western, Covered Wagon.Charlie worked on the movie, but returned to the reservation to marry. Charlie went back to Hollywood for the premiere of the movie. But then he never came back to his family. Kiki returns to the reservation, after talking to several of the children, whose parents worked on the movie. Soon after his return, Kiki is found frozen to death. Father John investigates Kiki's death for his grandparents. Was the death the result of drug deal gone wrong? Or had Kiki solved the murder of his great-grandfather?


Read the whole series:

1995 Eagle Catcher
1996 Ghost Walker
1997 Dream Stalker
1998 Story Teller
1999 Lost Bird
2000 Spirit Woman
2001 Thunder Keeper
2002 Shadow Dancer
2003 Killing Raven
2004 Wife of Moon
2005 Eye of the Wolf
2006 Drowning Man
2007 Girl with the Braided Hair
2009 Silent Spirit