BOOK REPORT.....

Night of The White Buffalo - Margaret Coel

Product Description(Amazon.com)
A mysterious penitent confesses to murder, and then flees the confessional before Father John can identify him. Two months later, Vicky discovers rancher Dennis Carey shot dead in his truck along Blue Sky Highway. With the tragic news comes the exposure of an astonishing secret: the most sacred creature in Native American mythology, a white buffalo calf, was recently born on Carey’s ranch.

Making national headlines, the miraculous animal draws a flood of pilgrims to the reservation, frustrating an already difficult investigation. As visitors throw the reservation into turmoil, Vicky and Father John try to unravel the strange events surrounding both Carey’s murder and the recent disappearances of three cowboys from his ranch.

It could be coincidence, given the nomadic life of the cowboy trade, but when one of them fails to appear in court to testify on an assault charge, Vicky wonders if Arnie Walkfast and his Arapaho buddies are guilty of more than just assault. And at the back of Father John’s mind is the voice from the man in the confessional: I killed a man… 
Series: A Wind River Mystery (Book 18) 
Hardcover: 304 pages 
Publisher: Berkley; 1St Edition edition (September 2, 2014) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0425264653 
ISBN-13: 978-0425264652

MY THOUGHTS:  This book is a new author for me.  I really enjoyed reading this book.  I've always been fascinated by the Native American and their culture.  My Grandmother told me that we were descendants of The Cheyenne, but she never told me anything else.  I've researched but have never found and history.  This book has Father John and and Vicky searching for answers to questions they have.  And to make matters even worse, the influx of all the people coming to see the baby white buffalo, which is a sacred animal to the tribes of the Native American.  One man has come searching for his friend and they keep telling him he never worked at Broken Buffalo Ranch.  Another man who doesn't show up for a trial, just seems to have disappeared of the face of the earth.  Then Father John and Vicky start investigating and find there are 6 cowboys missing that worked on the ranch.  All their investigating turns up some mystery's they can't explain.  Who is the mysterious confessor of murder at Father John's church?  Will they find out?  And what happened to the missing cowboys?  Read the book, it's really good.  I really liked this author and it's also a series book, which I've started on book 18, but this book is good as a stand alone.  If you like a good murder mystery, this one is really good!

This is also for my What An Animal Reading Challenge.  Yvonne over at Socrate's Book Reviews is hosting this reading challenge.