Bureau of Land Management Agent Jamaica Wild has witnessed the death of a Tanoah Pueblo man who was trampled by buffalo. After the tribal government and local paper make allegations that Jamaica caused the stampede, she is determined to solve this mystery. But what is revealed is a greater secret regarding Tanoah Pueblo-one that threatens its future and its past.
"Sandi Ault uses her knowledge of the high-dry West to give us a look at Pueblo Indian Culture."- Tony Hillerman
"A smashing debut...Jamaica Wild (and her wolf, Mountain) are formidable new players in outdoor mystery fiction, and Ault's intense knowledge of Pueblo culture is an added bonus."-C.J. Box, author of In Plain Sight
The headline read: Tanoah Pueblo Man Killed by Raging Bison-Careless Driver May Have Caused Stampede. Right beneath it, the shot of me-angry, speeding away from the reporter in my banged-up Jeep with no driver's side door.
"Roy! Everyone in the Taos Valley will think I'm a murderer!"
The boss folded the paper and tucked it under his arm. He took my arm.
"Listen, when you go into that interview with that attorney, say as little as you can. Don't go elaborating things. You stand by what you put in that report, you ain't got nothing more to add, you hear me?"
"Boss, what's going to happen to me? Whose side is this guy on?"
"That guy's not the only one you're dealing with. There's an attorney from the Department of Justice involved now. So you just do like I said." He released my arm, patted my shoulder. "And let me keep your wolf in my office with me. We don't need to go calling attention to how unusual you are right now."
