Sky Woman Falling

FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker, a Commanche, are sent to the upstate New York reservation of the Oneida nation to investigate the unbelievable. It appears that the broken body of an Oneida elder, Brenda Two Kettles, simply fell out......more

Very solidly written mystery with descriptions on par with a good Hillerman novel. Being familiar with Southwestern Native America much more so than other parts of the U.S., I found the descriptions of the cosmology, spirituality, and symbolism of the Haudenosaunee and Oneida truly enthralling and b......more

I listened to a little over half of this audiobook then I read a review with a spoiler (with no spoiler warning!) and I can't bring myself to finish the book. It was just ok for me before the spoiler.......more

This was the first "Parker & Turnipseed" book I've read, and I doubt I'd read another. It was certainly an unusual death to start off the book, a Native American woman falling from the sky in January from what? That was the biggest mystery of all since no plane flew overhead at the time of her fall,......more

All around a pretty interesting story, blending a contemporary issue (Oneida land rights in upper New York state) with a good plot. Unfortunately the ending was transparent early on to the reader and it was just a matter of getting to it. On the other hand, as with Tony Hillerman novels, one does le......more