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The Girl With Braided Hair
Written by Margaret Coel
Narrated by Andrea Bates
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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The skeleton of a young woman is discovered in a dry gully on the Wind River Reservation. Remnants of a long, black braid are mixed with the bones. There is a bullet hole in the skull. Forensics determine the woman was shot-to-death in 1973. 1973, the year of AIM. The American Indian Movement had occupied the town of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Afterward, Indians under federal indictment had gone into hiding on other reservations, including Wind River. A year of fear and violence, when no one could be trusted, when anyone might be an FBI snitch. Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley are determined to find the identity of the forgotten woman and see that she is laid to rest in the traditional Arapaho Way. Their search leads them into the 1970s and the dark underbelly of an organization that had spoken out on behalf of Indian rights. They soon run into a wall of silence. No one wants to talk about a time when many crimes, including murder, went unsolved. No one wants to admit the part they may have played, or the guilt they may still carry. No one wants to remember a young woman accused of being a snitch. As the life and death of the woman begin to come into view, Vicky and Father John realize that the killer who has gotten away with murder for more than thirty years is still on the reservation and that they are about to be his next victims.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Coel creates good characters in an interesting plot. However, Vicky and John are predictable: Vicky will work on a case despite what her partner thinks and John has the continual threat of a transfer. Their non-romance is annoying. This plot unfolded and unfolded and unfolded. The plot was feasible and seemed well researched, but just when you thought it was a dead end...something came up. Maybe I'm getting tired of this series and the characters involved. I put it in the "did finish" pile and on to the next one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book has historical aspects that go back to the 1970's AIM movement. A good read even though the story is predictable.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It annoys me when a book is propelled forward when a killer, who has gone undiscovered for 30 years, starts threatening the plucky, fierce, independent main character by leaving signs on her car that say STOP. Yeah, buddy. Like that's going to make her stop.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Margaret Coel's series has been running a long time, and I've never been able to get hold of the books to read them through in order, which is how I prefer to read a series. So I've only read a few, but have liked all of them I've read. Coel creates good characters in an interesting plot. Her main characters are Vicky Holden, an Arapaho who has returned to the reservation to work with and for her people, and Father John O'Malley, who is priest for the Catholic church on the reservation.The plot revolves around a cold case. The body of a young girl murdered in the early 70s is found, and the women of the tribe ask Vicky, who is a lawyer. to see that the case isn't just dismissed. They want justice for the dead woman. The case involves the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the turbulence around them in the early 1970s. Very interesting story, and recommended..