HumanMade Top 105 Best Suspense, Thriller, and Mysteries of All TimeOn a sunny afternoon in sleepy southeastern Idaho, a bread truck carrying three million dollars in cash receipts from West Yellowstone is robbed on a lonely pine shrouded highway. Except for the missing money, there is no evidence that a robbery ever occurred. Hokee Wolf is a trained Native American shaman, and by using his … American shaman, and by using his unusual skills became Idaho’s most successful private investigator. He was hired to find the thief or thieves and return the money. A glamorous New York Television reporter named Glory, temporarily exiled for her safety, joins Hokee in his investigation. Using the sweat lodge ceremonies, Hokee teaches Glory many of the shaman rituals he uses in his investigations. The search leads through Hells Canyon, underground rivers, The River of No Return, treacherous cinder cone lava flats, and ultimately to an island in the Caribbean where they both nearly lose their lives.
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I enjoyed this book, native American lore and reality. The personality of the quiet native raised by the shaman is a great character. The details of his habits and the shaman techniques were great. The landscapes are well defined and blended with historical fact making everything visible in the mind. With surrounding characters even if the blond babe is pushy it all blends to be a good read. Good and evil, I will read the sequel.
IT was interesting but it ran out of steam. I felt like the author got tired or something.
loved the story and history provided to enhance story-line. I’d like to read more about Hokee and his adventures!
This book is good but unique. It’s a little bit of romance, a little bit of mystery, and a lot of Native American rituals and beliefs.
Very, very good read. I loved this book.
I have not been posting my book reviews lately, since most of my reading choices have been rather meh. But after reading this gem by Clark Viegweg and @blackrosewriting , I had to spread the word.
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Hokee is a Navajo word, meaning “abandoned”. After a difficult childhood, Hokee Wolf is a minor celebrity in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. Hokee is a private investigator, who is hired to find the person responsible for a $3 million robbery of a bread truck. What I thought would be a standard P.I. whodunit became so much more. The supernatural elements of this tale, from Navajo shamanism to Shimbalou, a form of mysticism from the Far East, combine with the classic drama of the story to make fur a Berri compelling read.
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Viegweg has spun a yarn with a great deal going for it; compelling characters with believable backstories, an interesting premise, and a pace of action guaranteed tio keep the reader riveted to the page. I have not seen any indicators of a sequel, but Hokee Wolf is one of the few characters I would personally like to see in a series.
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My Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Imaginative and unexpected. I enjoyed the characters, the setting and the story.
I enjoyed the suspense and had a hard time putting it down. Different, not just your usual light read. 🙂
I started reading then stopped too hokey
Trite and unoriginal
Great story and interesting characters
Not readable.
Juvenile and stereotyped characters with no depth.
hoping its the first of many
Very interesting and entertaining murder mystery. Unique protagonist.
The romance kind of got in the way of an interesting story. The detail was interesting.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It is interstging and the premise is a great one But it falls apart …..
On one hand it honors Native Amaerican belief systems Goes on relentlessly and in exquisite detail about the sweat lodge practices and their importance……Yet the author uses a very specific German word to discuss a main story element. Other authors have used Native American words to describe this particular story element in their novels.
In chapter 6 he has the female lead congratulating Hokee on a specific find that he does not actually find until chapter 7.
A number of the spiritual elements he attributes to Native American practices are very new age in their presentation and his Native American comes across like a new age practitioner rather than one steeped in historical shamanism….
A real mixed read. I hope he finds a knowledgeable editor before he publishes any further volumes.
A good, fast paced read that was about the Southwest that is about people that have been overlooked. Very Good.
good read
@want the story to continue..