In a welcome return to the fascinating world of the Arapaho people, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and her friend Father John O'Malley again combine forces to solve a mystery, which this time involves a sacred treasure. YA-Native American lawyer Vicky Holden is asked to look into the whereabouts of an Arapaho warrior's valuable ledger book that was last seen at the Denver Museum of the West in 1920. When the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was passed by Congress, it allowed tribes to recover sacred artifacts held in museums. The old ledger was not on the inventory list sent to the tribe by the museum and Vicky goes to Denver to find it. First, a young tribal ethnohistorian is murdered and then other students at the university are found dead. Vicky and Father John O'Malley, the Jesuit priest at the Arapaho Mission, hunt for the book even though several faculty members deny its existence. Their quest eventually leads them to an isolated ranch in the plains of eastern Colorado where an Indian massacre took place in 1866. The presence of the Arapaho warriors at the massacre is disputed by the Cheyenne. The elderly ranch resident gives them evidence of the Arapaho ledger book with its firsthand account of the event. Here they find the clues that lead them to the killer. This is an exciting story that introduces a part of American history about which little is known. Penny Stevens, Centreville Regional Library, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden (The Dream Stalker, LJ 9/1/97) and friend Father O'Malley attempt to recover a priceless Arapaho ledger stolen from a museum that claims never to have had it. Murder subsequently claims an Arapaho student interested in the ledger. Another splendid mix of mystery and Native American culture. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Vicki Holden, an Arapaho attorney, has returned to the Wind River Reservation; tribal elders want her to find a nineteenth-century Arapaho warrior's ledger book, used to chronicle tribal life. Meanwhile, Father John O'Malley is lobbying a tightfisted church hierarchy for a reservation museum. Holden and O'Malley join forces when a young Arapaho scholar, involved in both projects, goes missing; they race to find the scholar to protect him, the ledger, and tribal culture. Coel's fourth mystery has vivid western landscapes, intriguing history, compelling characters, and quick, tight writing that is a joy to read. The mystery looks easy, but Coel offers many twists and surprises. The obvious comparison would be Tony Hillerman's Navajo police procedurals, but Coel has her own voice and point of view. O'Malley continues to suggest Morse, and Holden is a unique mix of the modern and the traditional. The two prove delightful and sympathetic, as they suffer an endearing confusion about whether they are friends or something more. One of the best of the year. John Rowen Margaret Coel is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of The Thunder Keeper, The Spirit Woman, The Lost Bird, The Story Teller, The Dream Stalker, The Ghost Walker, The Eagle Catcher , and several works of nonfiction. She has also authored many articles on the people and places of the American West. Her work has won national and regional awards. Her first John O'Malley mystery, The Eagle Catcher , was a national bestseller, garnering excellent reviews from the Denver Post , Tony Hillerman, Jean Hager, Loren D. Estleman, Stephen White, Earlene Fowler, Ann Ripley and other top writers in the field. A native of Colorado, she resides in Boulder.