Download or read book Dire Wolf of the Quapaw A Jubal Smoak Mystery written by Phil Truman and published by Jubal Smoak Mysteries. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a family is found brutally murdered deep in the tribal lands of the Quapaw in the new state of Oklahoma, evidence leads fledgling Deputy U.S. Marshal Jubal Smoak to suspect the outlaw Crow Redhand. But the savagery of the murders doesn't add up for that of a common cattle thief and bank robber, only that he knew the victims. The locals say a legendary demon has awakened, come to terrorize the Downstream People. Smoak, in his pursuit of Redhand, encounters a young widow and a cattle baron both of whom have a deadly connection to a mysterious drifter. The trail of signs leads Smoak deeper into the Indian legend. Intrigue and the unexpected arise in Dire Wolf of the Quapaw.
Download or read book Murders of the Sixth Kind written by Phil Truman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grisly corpses. Odd occurrences after dark. Can he nail a killer with a baffling M.O.? Tsalagee, Oklahoma. Deputy Sheriff Cal Bluehorse isn't sure if unexplained lights in the sky over a protected Choctaw reservation fall under his jurisdiction. But he definitely has his hands full when the same land surfaces a mutilated body missing organs and drained of blood. Battling the semi-hostile clan's resistance to any investigation, the frustrated deputy's work gets complicated when he uncovers a massive drug operation hidden among the vast ranchlands. And with few suspects, more hacked-up victims, and now gruesomely dissected cattle showing up, the beleaguered lawman desperately needs a result before the fields start running red... Can Bluehorse catch a deadly dismemberer before he loses life and limb? Murders of the Sixth Kind is the gripping second book in the Legends of Tsalagee mystery series. If you like complex characters, dark humor, and hints of the supernatural, then you'll love Phil Truman's twisted tale. Buy Murders of the Sixth Kind to expose a close encounter with death today!
Download or read book Treasure Kills written by Phil Truman and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the murder of a local farmer--a man rumored to have information about the location of the Lost Treasure of Belle Starr--dumbfounds those in the small burg of Tsalagee, Oklahoma, local legends Hayward Yost and Socrates Ninekiller suspect two renegade bikers who've ridden into town. Others in the community are drawn into the mystery - a Wiccan who moves to town to pursue her New Age lifestyle; her bumbling, socially inept boyfriend women can't seem to resist; a young Iraqi War veteran home to heal his physical and emotional wounds.Join the romp through this rollicking adventure as a bag full of unforgettable characters pursue the hunt for a real-life legendary treasure; a lost treasure and cursed . . . cursed by a forest demon the local Native Americans call "Hill Man who screams at night."What reviewers are saying about Treasure Kills, Legends of Tsalagee: "Fun story...rollicking good time" "Can't put it down once you start" "thoroughly entertained by this book - lots of laughs" "characters could live in my hometown" "funniest book I've read in ages" "colorful characters and rich prose" "on the edge of my seat with suspense, but laughed out loud at some scenarios" "Carl Hiassen redux" "kept seeing this as delightful movie" "a mystery you may not solve until the end"
Download or read book West of the Dead Line written by Phil Truman and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dead Line, as it came to be called, was a railroad cutting across the middle of Indian Territory. It ran straight south from Caldwell, Kansas to Fort Reno, I.T., then down through the Cheyenne and Comanche and Kiowa lands, crossing the Red River into Bowie, Texas. It was a line on the map, a demarcation. West of it no law existed, only outlaws. On trails out there, the hunted posted notes on trees and posts to let lawmen know they'd be killed if they continued their pursuits west of the Dead Line.In the storied times of the American West, in what was called Indian Territory, no place came close to matching the dangers and mortality U.S.marshals faced doing their jobs. Those who survived became titans in the legends of the West, particularly one man called Bass Reeves. These stories are fiction; the encounters this lawman faced, and The Dead Line, were not.
Download or read book Red Lands Outlaw written by Phil Truman and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Rogers Medallion for Western Fiction"Red Lands Outlaw: The Ballad of Henry Starr is a well-conceived yarn about one of the last of Oklahoma's horseback-riding outlaws. A good read." -- Dusty Richards, Spur and Wrangler Award winning author"Author Phil Truman captured a slice of Indian Territory history and has woven it into an interesting period novel. Anyone who loves the history of the West will enjoy Red Lands Outlaw: the Ballad of Henry Starr." -- Tammy Hinton, author and winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Unbridled"Truman's storytelling shines throughout..." -- Kathleen Rice Adams, Western FictioneersIn the last years of the tough and woolly land called Indian Territory, and the first of the new state of Oklahoma, the outlaw Henry Starr rides roughshod through its midst. A native son of "The Nations" he's more Scotch-Irish than Cherokee, but scorned by both. Never really wanted to journey west of the law, yet fate seems to insist. He's falsely accused of horse-thieving at sixteen, sentenced to hang for murder at nineteen by Judge Isaac Parker, but escapes the gallows on a technicality. Given that opportunity, the charming, handsome, mild-mannered Henry Starr spends the rest of his life becoming the most prolific bank robber the West has ever known.
Download or read book Land of Wolves written by Craig Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. "It's the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries." —The New York Times Book Review Recovering from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Sheriff Walt Longmire returns to Absaroka County, Wyoming, to lick his wounds and try once again to maintain justice in a place with grudges that go back generations. When a shepherd is found dead, Longmire suspects it could be suicide. But the shepherd's connection to the Extepares, a powerful family of Basque ranchers with a history of violence, leads the sheriff into an intricate investigation of a possible murder. As Walt searches for information about the shepherd, he comes across strange carvings on trees, as well as play money coupons from inside Mallo Cup candies, which he interprets as messages from his spiritual guide, Virgil White Buffalo. Longmire doesn't know how these little blue cards are appearing, but Virgil usually reaches out if a child is in danger. So when a young boy with ties to the Extepare clan arrives in town, the stakes grow even higher. Even more complicating, a renegade wolf has been haunting the Bighorn Mountains, and the townspeople are out for blood. With both a wolf and a killer on the loose, Longmire follows a twisting trail of evidence, leading to dark and shocking conclusions.
Download or read book Divided Sky written by Jeff Carson and published by . This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dead. One missing.Loyalty sucks Wolf in. Getting out alive will be another matter. The latest brand new thrill-ride mystery in the #1 Amazon bestselling David Wolf series.One man is dead and another is missing down south near Ridgway, Colorado. When the local law enforcement reaches out to Chief Detective David Wolf's department, his task is to check on former-sheriff Harold "Hal" Burton. Because a person of interest in the case has also gone missing--Burton's estranged nephew, Jesse. Out of loyalty to his old boss, Wolf is sucked into the case, and it soon becomes clear there is more going on than meets the eye. And as for disturbing clues, there are plenty to meet the eye when they arrive in Ridgway. Meanwhile, change is in the air back in Rocky Points, as palpable as the buzz before a lightning strike. And it's becoming clear that if Wolf can survive the forces at play amid the jagged skies of the San Juan mountains, then more trouble awaits at home. The acclaimed Amazon bestselling David Wolf mystery-thriller series continues in this new pulse-pounding mystery thriller, where things are not always what they seem. If Wolf wants to see justice served and stay around to see another day, he'll need to draw on all his wits. But, this time even that may not be enough.If you like C. J. Box's Joe Pickett, James Patterson, Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, Craig Johnson's Longmire, and David Baldacci, then this David Wolf Mystery Thriller is sure to keep you flipping pages until the late hours of the night. If you like chest tightening suspense, plots with more turns than a Colorado mountain road, thrills that will leave you sucking air, and smart characters you'll love like family, then the Wolf series is for you. Readers are saying ..."I recommend this series to all who enjoy a fast paced thrill ride who done it. There's never a dull moment in this Colorado mountain town and how David gets himself in and out of harrowing situations is something I can't wait to find out.""I feel like I have found new friends in these characters. The stories are excellently told, with plenty of twists to keep you wanting more.""One of the best series I've read. Suspenseful, twists and turns.""Really well written characters in this action-drama-suspense series of books! Well-developed plot, smooth transitions and realistic storylines.""A rare and under appreciated writer easily on par with Grisham and Patterson."
Download or read book The Double A Western Detective Agency written by Steve Hockensmith and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Holmes on the Range mystery" -- Cover.
Download or read book Willow Falls written by Ken Pratt and published by Ckn Christian Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Willow Falls. The town young Matthew Bannister ran away from fifteen years before. Now famed U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is coming home to reconcile with his family. He prayed he wouldn't see his ex-best friend Tom Smith nor the only girl he ever loved, Tom's wife, Elizabeth. However, old feuds unsettled never die and spark a powder keg of action when the desperate Moskin Gang kidnap Elizabeth and leave a murderous trail behind them. In anguish, Tom, the Willow Falls sheriff, turns to his despised old-friend to help get the woman they both love back alive, if they can. Sometimes God's greatest blessing is unanswered prayer.
Download or read book Grizzly Killer written by Lane R. Warenski and published by Grizzly Killer. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By 1836 the beaver trade was starting to wind down, and trappers like Zach Connors, known as Grizzly Killer, were having to find other ways to get the supplies they had become accustomed to. Zach had found gold nuggets in a creek in the sacred mountains of their home, which he used to make up for the lack of beaver pelts. The Utes and Shoshone alike believe the gold in the creek was given to Grizzly Killer, but no one was allowed to dig for it. After losing everything over a misunderstanding with a Crow hunting party, a group of former Hudson Bay men were ready to leave the mountains. Zach along with his Shoshone allies save these men from certain death at the hands of the Crow. Having nothing left, and feeling desperate for a new start, the men then dig for gold, angering the sacred and mighty Spirit of the Mountain." --
Download or read book Elatsoe written by Darcie Little Badger and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Indie Bestseller TIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time An NPR Best Book of 2020 A Booklist's Top 10 First Novel for Youth A BookPage Best Book of 2020 A CPL "Best of the Best" Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020 A Buzzfeed Best YA SFF Book of 2020 A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2020 An AICL Best YA Book of 2020 A Kirkus Best YA Book of 2020 A Tor Best Book of 2020 PRAISE "Groundbreaking." —TIME "Deeply enjoyable from start to finish." —NPR "Utterly magical." —SyFyWire "Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art." —BuzzFeed "One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it." —Marieke Nijkamp FIVE STARRED REVIEWS ★ "A fresh voice and perspective." —Booklist, starred review ★ "A unique and powerful Native American voice." —BookPage, starred review ★ "A brilliant, engaging debut." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ "A fast-paced murder mystery." —Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set." —Shelf-Awareness, starred review A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer. Elatsoe—Ellie for short—lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals—most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered. Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and its dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started? A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual, Apache teen protagonist, Elatsoe combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, fantasy elements, and is one of the most-talked about debuts of the year.
Download or read book When the Legends Die written by Hal Borland and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Native American raised in the forest is suddenly thrust into the modern world, in this novel by the author of The Dog Who Came to Stay. Thomas Black Bull’s parents forsook the life of a modern reservation and took to ancient paths in the woods, teaching their young son the stories and customs of his ancestors. But Tom’s life changes forever when he loses his father in a tragic accident and his mother dies shortly afterward. When Tom is discovered alone in the forest with only a bear cub as a companion, life becomes difficult. Soon, well-meaning teachers endeavor to reform him, a rodeo attempts to turn him into an act, and nearly everyone he meets tries to take control of his life. Powerful and timeless, When the Legends Die is a captivating story of one boy learning to live in harmony with both civilization and wilderness.
Download or read book If I Ever Get Out of Here written by Eric Gansworth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A heart-healing, mocs-on-the-ground story of music, family and friendship." -- Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Rain is Not My Indian Name. Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not used to is white kids being nice to him -- kids like George Haddonfield, whose family recently moved to town with the Air Force. As the boys connect through their mutual passion for music, especially the Beatles, Lewis has to lie more and more to hide the reality of his family's poverty from George. He also has to deal with the vicious Evan Reininger, who makes Lewis the special target of his wrath. But when everyone else is on Evan's side, how can he be defeated? And if George finds out the truth about Lewis's home -- will he still be his friend? Acclaimed adult author Eric Gansworth makes his YA debut with this wry and powerful novel about friendship, memory, and the joy of rock 'n' roll.
Download or read book Cerro Grande written by Micah S. Hackler and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CERRO GRANDE A Sheriff Lansing Mystery - Book 10 A controlled burn by the US Park Service becomes an uncontrolled inferno. The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Clara Pueblo, and the lives of thousands of people are threatened. Creatures of the forest escape any way they can. The people of Santa Clara Pueblo fight the blaze to protect their homes. An old hunting outfitter struggles to save his operations. Three teenagers tracking the animal are attacked and chased through the mountains by an unseen terror. Sheriff Cliff Lansing finds blood at a break-in, a dead body thirty miles from the scene, and needs trackers to find who or what attacked the teens. Meanwhile, the Cerro Grande Fire is a looming threat to Los Alamos, Sandoval, and, eventually, San Phillipe Counties.
Download or read book A Snake Falls to Earth written by Darcie Little Badger and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.
Download or read book Julie of the Wolves written by Jean Craighead George and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling Newbery Medal–winning classic about a girl lost on the Alaskan tundra and how she survives with the help of a wolf pack. Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children’s literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The survival theme makes it a good pick for readers of wilderness adventures such as My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, or Island of the Blue Dolphins. To her small village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness. Miyax tries to survive by copying the ways of a pack of wolves and soon grows to love her new wolf family. Life in the wilderness is a struggle, but when she finds her way back to civilization, Miyax is torn between her old and new lives. Is she the Miyax of her human village—or Julie of the wolves? Don't miss any of the books in Jean Craighead George's groundbreaking series: Julie of the Wolves, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack.
Download or read book The Spirit Breather Native Guardians written by Bekah Harris and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immortal guardian.A soul-stealing enemy.A dangerous, new power.Only the Spirit Breather can stand against the darkness...Months after surviving an assault that nearly claimed her life, Emily Morrow's summer goal is to forget about the memories that lurk in her nightmares. So when her friends invite her on a post-grad camping trip in the mountains, she jumps at the chance to escape her haunting past, even for just a few days. But even miles from home, Emily's past is closer than ever.When her best friend, Kadie, is snatched by the dark creatures nesting in the forest, Emily comes face to face with the truth behind her chilling past. Together, with the mysterious Joseph Stomper, who is much more than he seems, Emily must find the courage to embrace her role in a centuries-old prophecy and harness a dangerous gift before she loses everyone she loves. With Kadie's life hanging in the balance, will Emily learn to control her new power? Or will the darkness destroy them both?Filled with deadly magic, frightening folklore, and forbidden romance, The Spirit Breather is a spine-tingling paranormal fantasy that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime.What Readers are Saying: "Sometimes a book will come along that will surprise and captivate you, it will draw you into the story and make you a part of the world. This is such a book!! This book was simply brilliant!!! I adored every minute of it." - Natalie, A Book Lover's Life"It was so refreshing to open this book up to a new kind of story, with Native American characters taking center-stage and diving into an entire mythos of lore, spiritual awakening, latent magical powers, ageless sage leaders, and, naturally, angsty young people battling not only big scary monsters, but themselves in a conflict of deep personal struggle, of self discovery, of a painful past, and of a hopeful future." - Dustin Street, Big Small Town Books"The amount of detail and heart Harris put into her characters and setting make The Spirit Breather stand out from the crowd. The story is wildly entertaining, the characters are easy to love, the plot is carefully crafted, and the writing is lovely. This was a refreshing read and I'm looking forward to more about Joseph and Emily in the future." - Amazon Customer
