In Margaret Coel's The Eagle Catcher, the first installment in the Wind River Reservation serial mystery series, if you're a fan of Tony and Anne Hillerman's novels, you would enjoy this series. Somewhat of a slow start--this first book of a series introduced the characters well and set the background of the Arapaho community. The story mixes drama, history and romance mixed with the pathos of life on the reservation. Maybe I'll try book #2... ( )

This was entertaining but wasn't as compelling or nuanced as a Tony Hillerman novel. I enjoyed it enough to try the second in the series to see if that one is better. ( )

Modern Native American setting mystery lite. A reformed alcoholic preist and a divorced Native American lawyer work to clear a promising young NA man of murdering his uncle. Characters are a little better than cut-outs, but not compelling, the pace is good and the writing painless. ( )

Somewhat of a slow start, this first book of a long series introduced the characters well and set the background of the Arapaho community. The storyline line veered into being trite and sometimes stereotypical. I mostly enjoyed the writing, but occasionally it was a bit over descriptive and therefore, distracting. The author has written the relationships in enough detail that the reader cares about them. I'll try the second book, as this one was promising. ( )

Margaret Cole does an excellent job of including the Arapaho way of life and history into this excellent mystery. I like the characters and look forward to reading more books in this series. ( )