Overview
Charlie Moon is no stranger to the mysterious ways of the spirit world. But why is prize livestock being ritualistically butchered in the Canyon of the Spirit? That’s what Granite Creek’s chief of police Scott Parish wants to find out…before human blood begins to spill.
Enter Moon’s aunt and aging Ute shaman Daisy Perika. For only she who communes with the ancient spirits can truly comprehend the events that have happened upon Native American lands—and the even greater evil that is yet to be unleashed…
In The Shaman Laughs, James D. Doss delivers another fascinating Charlie Moon mystery.
Doss's first novel, The Shaman Sings astonished readers with its vivid evocation of the mystic element in Native American culture. Now, the shaman will laugh, but not before some horrifying events take place. When several animals are found slaughtered, Ute police officer Charlie Moon is on the case, investigating what seems to be the torture death of a human victim.
Synopsis
Darkness is falling upon Colorado’s Ute reservation…and local rancher and tribal investigator Charlie Moon fears for his native land, his people—and his own life.
“HARROWING…SUSPENSEFUL.”—New York Times Book Review
Moon is no stranger to the mysterious ways of the spirit world. But why is prize livestock being ritualistically butchered in the Canyon of the Spirit? That’s what Granite Creek’s chief of police Scott Parish wants to find out…before human blood begins to spill.
“A mystery that combines the ancient and the modern, the sacred and the profane, with grace and suspense.”—Publishers Weekly
Enter Moon’s aunt and aging Ute shaman Daisy Perika. For only she who communes with the ancient spirits can truly comprehend the events that have happened upon Native American lands—and the even greater evil that is yet to be unleashed…
“This is Hillerman country…but Doss is gaining…I hope these shaman activities go on for a long time.”—Boston Globe
Boston Globe
This is Hillerman country...but Doss is gaining...I hope these Shaman activities go on for a long time.
Editorials
From the Publisher
“Doss does for the Utes what Tony Hillerman has done for the Navajo.”—The Denver Post"A mystery that combines the ancient and the modern, the sacred and the profane, with grace and suspense."—Publishers Weekly
“This is Hillerman country…but Doss is gaining…I hope these shaman activities go on for a long time.”—Boston Globe “HARROWING…SUSPENSEFUL.”—New York Times Book Review