Snake Dreams

by Doss, James D.

• ISBN13: 9780312364601
• ISBN10: 0312364601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-11
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

With his Southwestern series, bestselling author James D. Doss and his dryly humorous, no-nonsense Native American sleuth, Charlie Moon, have brought law and what's going to have to pass for order to Charlie's Columbine Ranch and the nearby Ute reservation. Now the seven-foot rancher and part-time tribal investigatorwants tocarve out a little more space for himself alongside FBI Special Agent Lila Mae McTeague. That's right: Charlie has it in his head that he's going to get hitched. That is, unless Charlie's irascible aunt,her sixteen-year-old niece, andtheir visions of a dead woman'”her throat slit from ear to ear'”have anything to say about it. With a bit of romance and full measure of murder, Snake Dreams , the thirteenth in James D. Doss's widely loved Charlie Moon series, is a haunting tale best told under a full moon and beside a crackling fire.

Author Biography

JAMES D. DOSS is the author of twelve previous Charlie Moon mysteries, two of which were named one of the Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly. Doss was born in Kentucky, and now divides his time between Los Alamos and Taos, New Mexico.

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“Doss does for the Utes what Tony Hillerman has done for the Navajo.”
---The Denver Post

“Doss’s trademark humor keeps Charlie and Scott wisecracking as the plot spins smartly along to an unpredictable ending. . . . Charlie Moon mysteries still charm us with Western voices and ways.”
---Rocky Mountain News on Three Sisters

“James D. Doss’s novels . . . feel as if the author is sitting around a campfire, spinning a tall tale that engulfs a circle of listeners. . . . His chatty, down-home style shines.”
---Florida Sun-Sentinel on Three Sisters

“A belly-laugh primer that breaks every rule in the mystery genre, something for which Doss’s fans should be eternally grateful.”
---Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Three Sisters

“More twists and turns than the road to Charlie’s acerbic Aunt Daisy’s . . . This latest Colorado mystery leaves no doubt that Doss has carved out his own niche.”
---Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Three Sisters

“Doss has reproduced the land of the southern--Colorado Utes with vivid affection.”
---The Dallas Morning News