Document of Expectations

Mihesuah, Devon Abbott

ISBN 10: 1611860113 / ISBN 13: 9781611860115

Published by Michigan State University Press, 2011

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Synopsis:

When Hopi/White Mountain Apache anthropologist Tony M. Smokerise is found murdered in his office at Central Highlands University, the task of solving the crime falls to jaded Choctaw detective Monique Blue Hawk and her partner Charles T. Clarke. A seemingly tolerant and amicable office of higher education, the university, Monique soon learns, harbors parties determined to destroy the careers of Tony and his best friend, the volatile Oglala anthropologist Roxanne Badger. In the course of her investigation, Monique discovers that the scholars who control Tony’s department are also overseeing the excavation of a centuries-old tribal burial site that was uncovered during the construction of a freeway. Tony’s role in the project, she realizes, might be the key to identifying his murderer. This virtuosic mystery novel explores, in engrossing detail, the complex motives for a killing within the sometimes furtive and hermetic setting of academia.

About the Author:

Devon Abbott Mihesuah is the Cora Lee Beers Price Professor at the University of Kansas. She is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the author of more than a dozen award-winning books, and a former editor of the American Indian Quarterly.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Document of Expectations
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New