Briar Patch Books

Tag: Native American fiction

  • Elusive justice on the Rez

      Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson WISDOM CORNER. By David Heska Wanbli Weiden. Ecco. 312 pages. $30.           I In the old days, David Heska Wanbli Weiden tells us as his gripping new mystery novel opens, “Wisdom Corner was the place where elders would gather to tell stories and provide counsel…

  • Saving “runners”

    Here’s an intriguing review by Bob Moyer. The book is the latest in an interesting-sounding mystery series that I have somehow missed. What a treat to discover not just a new book that sounds good, but a whole series. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer A STRING OF BEADS. By Thomas Perry. Mysterious Press. 388 pages.…

  • The return of Leaphorn and Chee

    For years, I loved reading Tony Hillerman’s mysteries. I enjoyed them even more after I was able to spend some time in the Southwest, the setting for his books starring two Navajo Nation police officers. I was privileged to meet Hillerman when he spoke at Elon College and generously granted an interview that lasted more…