This is another good "Wind River Mystery." When I read a story with Father John O'Malley and Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden, I feel like I have had a visit with friends. (even though these are people I would never meet in my daily life) A white girl, Marcy Morrison, shows up on the reservation looking for her finace. (now if they are going to get married, why is she doesn't know where he is??) In short order she does find him (Ned Windsong), but not for long as he is shot to death and Marcy is the only wittness. Later in the book, the 2 people Marcy has identified as the killers of Ned, are found dead. Father John and Vicky are kind of at odds in this book as they think someone is lying, but they differ on who. This book is different from the others in the series as there are some things that are not tied up at the end of the book. In Margaret Coel's Wind River Reservation mystery series, all of her novels have a twist and something different--it deals with Native American cultures and customs. That's what makes it unique. In this story, we're into a tangled web of deception and heartbreak. We learn how the Native Americans feels about the white people, even now to this day, and how they live in the reservation to this day. I loved the setting of Wyoming and the Wind River Reservation itself. Very intricate in nature. We're really get caught up into Vicky Holden's life, when she takes on a new client, and learns about her hardened life. We learn about the family and her co-workers, who have their own dramas. I felt shock and awe and assorted sets of emotions, when she's stuck on this case, which has a twisted ending. Good drama, excellent suspense.
What do You think about The Spider's Web (2010)?
I don't think she developed the characters as carefully this time, but it was still a good book.
—Samantha
A good story and telling of the story. One of her best. Another Great Read!
—srlaloman
