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Bureau of Indian Affairs special investigative agent Emmett Quanah Parker is a man caught between two worlds -- the white man's world and the Comanche world. He can't seem to find comfort in either place. Parker finds it necessary to return to Oklahoma and his mother's house to recuperate after being critically wounded during his last assignment in New York. He is surrounded by family, old friends and old enemies. An Honor Dance is held for him to welcome him home. Old friend and BIA lawyer Jerome Crowe asks for Emmett's help. Crowe has been looking into the embezzlement of BIA funds and believes he has found an informant willing to help. Money was collected from outside interests for the rights for timber, grazing, mineral royalties and oil, but the money was not reaching the tribes. Emmett agrees to help and then finds Crowe murdered. Old enemy and the head resident FBI agent in Lawton, Michael Mangas, believes Emmett and Crowe were co-conspirators in the embezzlement scheme. He also believes Emmett killed Crowe. Emmett finds himself on the other side of the law -- on the run and hoping to find out who murdered Crowe and who the embezzlers are before Mangas and his men kill or capture him. DANCE OF THE THUNDER DOGS is the fifth novel in Mitchell's series featuring Emmett Quanah Parker. It is the first novel written without Emmett's partner, FBI agent Emma Turnipseed. Emmett is the quintessential male mystery lead. He is a loner, tough, macho, a loser at love, intelligent and he thrives on danger. Mitchell fills in some of the aspects of Emmett's past as a child growing up in Oklahoma along with his early law enforcement career. The reader also meets two of Emmett's ex-wives. The reader will also meet some annoying, slip-shod editing at the beginning of the book. Thankfully, it disappears as the action builds. This novel is a heart-pounding, complex, edgy, gritty thriller. The action is in constant motion. I always feel like I need a vacation in order to relax after reading one of Mitchell's adventures with Emmett. There are multiple bodies, bizarre deaths and creepy bad guys. There is a certain darkness that seems to surround Emmett. Mitchell was in law enforcement and has an interest in Native American culture. Both of those show up well in DANCE OF THE THUNDER DOGS. Mitchell shares information about the historical Quanah Parker, the Trail of Tears, peyote, the Honor Dance, and counting coup.The modern world and Comanche beliefs don't always mix.
Reviewed by Lane Wright, February 2005
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