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The Red Power Murders
The Red Power Murders: A DreadfulWater Mystery | Thomas King
7 posts | 6 read | 4 to read
From the bestselling author of The Back of the Turtle and The Inconvenient Indian comes a wry and irreverent mystery Thumps DreadfulWater has never liked surpriseseven the good ones are annoying. So its no shock that a string of seemingly random occurrences is causing Thumps some real discomfort. First Noah Ridge, the Red Power Native activist, arrives in Thumps sleepy town of Chinook. Then the body of a retired FBI agent turns up at the local Holiday Inn. In the background hovers the ghostly presence of Lucy Kettle, second-in-charge of the Red Power movement, a tough woman in a tough place until her disappearance years ago. Now the sheriff wants Thumps to trade in his photography gig for a temporary cop beat. And it wont be over, Thumps soon realizes, until everyones deador famous. Hailed by critics in his first appearance, Cherokee ex-cop Thumps DreadfulWater is back in rumpled but razor-sharp form, doing his laconic, comic best to avoid troubleand catch the bad guys. Bestselling writer Thomas King has penned a second entertaining DreadfulWater mystery, injected with the authors characteristic dry wit and biting social commentary.
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rabbitprincess
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Mehso-so

This is a so-so relative to the other DreadfulWater books I‘ve read. The plot of this one didn‘t grab me as much; it felt like a limited pool of suspects and that we were just waiting for the murderer to reveal themselves. The font in this edition was annoying as well. I do like DreadfulWater as a character, though, and have already requested book 3 in the series. Also, I love this author photo 🕵🏼‍♂️

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mcctrish
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Pickpick

It‘s a gorgeous Thanksgiving weekend 🎉 I love Thumps Dreadfulwater! There are lots of twists and turns in this mystery just how I like them

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mcctrish
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It‘s really feeling like Fall this weekend

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xicanti
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Pickpick

If you love crime fiction but you want to read about more than just white detectives who solve white peoples' murders, you've gotta check out the Thumps DreadfulWater series. This second instalment (which stands alone) blends a cold case with a contemporary murder--and of course Thumps, who's decidedly not a cop anymore, can't help but follow the clues. The story's well-plotted, the characters are great, and there's the perfect amount of humour.

twohectobooks Wait, Thomas King writes murder mystery?! 6y
xicanti @twohectobooks he does! The friend who leant me his first two--this one and DREADFULWATER--told me they were originally published under a pseudonym, but they've been reissued under his own name and there's a third one out now, too. 6y
twohectobooks Yeah, I just went looking on goodreads and they‘re still basically listed there under the pseudonym. They sound fun! 6y
xicanti @twohectobooks they are! You should definitely read them. 6y
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xicanti
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Crime fiction + braised kale and bacon over five-colour pasta. I MIGHT finish this book tonight, but it's more likely it'll bleed over into my #24in48 stack.

Not that I've got a proper stack. Maybe I'll read a bunch of short stuff from La TBR; maybe I'll give in to temptation and buy Burke & Jensen's last two Chaos Station novels. Maybe I'll just read a big ol' pile of comics. Anything could happen!

JPeterson Same here! I have a stack...but I‘m fully prepared to just start grabbing other books or comics throughout the weekend! 6y
PerksOfBeingABookworm My plans for #24in48 are quite similar to yours! Anything could happen! I have a mental list and I‘m going to start pulling out a few tonight but I‘m leaving my options open :) @JPeterson 6y
xicanti @JPeterson @PerksOfBeingABookworm who needs firm plans, right? 6y
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