Book List - JLF Colorado 2024

Prepare for an exhilarating journey into the world of literature, as JLF Colorado returns with more than 50 incredible speakers. Join us from September 14 to 15 in Boulder, Colorado, to experience the vibrant energy of the Jaipur Literature Festival, famously hailed as "the greatest literary show on Earth." For more information, visit https://jlflitfest.org/colorado. Book list created 7/31/24.

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Book cover for "Blood memory"
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Catherine McLeod is an investigative reporter for the "Journal," one of Denver's major newspapers. Her recent coverage of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes filing a claim for twenty-seven million acres of their ancestral lands has made her the target for assassination. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy involving her ex-husband's wealthy family and state politicians. And as Catherine unravels the truth, she discovers some startling facts about...
Book cover for "The drowning man"
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In Margaret Coel's latest Wind River Reservation mystery, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley find themselves immersed in the dark underbelly of the illegal market for Indian relics.
Book cover for "The eagle catcher"
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On the windswept plains of Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation, Arapahos have gathered for the Ethete powwow. It is a sacred time to reaffirm the balance and harmony in life. But these feelings of unity quickly give way to fear when tribal chairman Harvey Castle is found murdered—and every bit of evidence points to his nephew, Anthony. There are two people who don’t believe the young man capable of murder: Father John O’Malley, history scholar...
Book cover for "The girl with braided hair"
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The skeleton of a young woman is discovered in a dry gully on the Wind River Reservation. Remnants of a long, black braid are mixed with the bones. There is a bullet hole in the skull. Forensics determine the woman was shot-to-death in 1973. 1973, the year of AIM. The American Indian Movement had occupied the town of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Afterward, Indians under federal indictment had gone into hiding on other reservations,

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Book cover for "The lost bird"
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After the murder of an elderly priest, Father John thinks the bullet was meant for him. Consumed with anger and guilt, he is determined to find the murderer--even if he risks his life. From the bestselling author of "The Story Teller."
Book cover for "The spider's web"
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When Arapaho Ned Windsong is shot to death, his fiancee,Marcy, is the only witness. And when the men Marcy has accused of murdering her fiance are found dead in an abandoned barn, Vicky and Father John realize they are caught in a web of lies and deceit woven by a master.
Book cover for "The story teller"
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Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and her friend Father John O'Malley combine forces to solve a mystery involving a sacred treasure
Book cover for "Wife of moon"
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Arapaho attorney Vicki Holden and Father John O'Malley must find the link between the murder of a woman--and the murder of the woman's ancestor from a century earlier.
Book cover for "Zealot"
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Presents a meticulously researched biography of Jesus that draws on biblical and historical sources to place his achievements and influence against the turbulent backdrop of his time.