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Hidden Canyon: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery
In the third book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series…
For a thousand years, a hidden canyon on Rachael Yellowhorse’s ancestral lands and the adjacent property owned by the Manygoats family has protected a masterpiece of petroglyphs deep inside the Navajo nation. These ancient works of art hold a secret with a power so strong their Anasazi makers kept them out of the reach of mere mortal human beings.
At his Santa Fe Indian Market show, gallery owner Charles Bloom unwittingly promotes the sacred rock-art images and sets in motion a cascading series of events that leads to the worst kind of human being searching out these hidden petroglyphs. Little could Bloom know that his discerning eye for art would connect him to a chain of murders stretching back 40 years earlier and to an individual who is not a collector of Native art but a psychopathic killer, the likes of which the Diné have no word to describe. Bloom will need all his observational skills to spot the killer before it’s too late. It’s a race against ancient history and for Bloom, time may finally run out.
For a thousand years, a hidden canyon on Rachael Yellowhorse’s ancestral lands and the adjacent property owned by the Manygoats family has protected a masterpiece of petroglyphs deep inside the Navajo nation. These ancient works of art hold a secret with a power so strong their Anasazi makers kept them out of the reach of mere mortal human beings.
At his Santa Fe Indian Market show, gallery owner Charles Bloom unwittingly promotes the sacred rock-art images and sets in motion a cascading series of events that leads to the worst kind of human being searching out these hidden petroglyphs. Little could Bloom know that his discerning eye for art would connect him to a chain of murders stretching back 40 years earlier and to an individual who is not a collector of Native art but a psychopathic killer, the likes of which the Diné have no word to describe. Bloom will need all his observational skills to spot the killer before it’s too late. It’s a race against ancient history and for Bloom, time may finally run out.
- GenresMystery
231 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 23, 2013
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May 4, 2019
A hidden valley protected some petroglyphs for thousands of years. Now the word's got out,and the whole world seems to be trying to find them. There's a chain of murders going back forty years concerning them, and a lot of craziness besides.
The format of the book, chopped up into paragraphs of uncertain length, made this one tough to read.
The format of the book, chopped up into paragraphs of uncertain length, made this one tough to read.
March 5, 2014
I love Charles, and Rachael...now I've learned to love his father too...Sublette adds to his cast of characters, introduces their back stories, gives us a glimpse into their hearts and minds...and then, like the weaver Rachael, weaves them all together at the end.
He carries several story lines here, several characters who will interact over the years, will intersect with Charles and Rachael...the weft and warp, over and under...they are all working together. Just like any work of art, the story when seen close up seems to tell one story. But step back, and you have Sublette's sweeping Arizona and New Mexico landscape and history -- creating something bigger than the actors...
Fallon Scriber...what a wonderful name for a sociopath...who uses sharpened pencils as his 'clue' to law enforcement. Who uses a pencil to commit his first murder...at the age of 14. Both his first and last name are symbolic of elements in the story.
Then there's Sam who hunts serial killers...who finds that his own nephew was killed by one...one we know well.
And Mo, a musician who is trying to find his way in the changing landscape of the music world.
Each of these men are important to the story of Charles and the petroglyphs in the canyon Rachael knows is evil. She's right. She's always right.
The weaving grows denser and denser as the characters are brought closer and closer. Until a climactic scene I couldn't read fast enough.
Sublett makes me care about his characters, and I look forward to seeing SOME of them in the next book.
He carries several story lines here, several characters who will interact over the years, will intersect with Charles and Rachael...the weft and warp, over and under...they are all working together. Just like any work of art, the story when seen close up seems to tell one story. But step back, and you have Sublette's sweeping Arizona and New Mexico landscape and history -- creating something bigger than the actors...
Fallon Scriber...what a wonderful name for a sociopath...who uses sharpened pencils as his 'clue' to law enforcement. Who uses a pencil to commit his first murder...at the age of 14. Both his first and last name are symbolic of elements in the story.
Then there's Sam who hunts serial killers...who finds that his own nephew was killed by one...one we know well.
And Mo, a musician who is trying to find his way in the changing landscape of the music world.
Each of these men are important to the story of Charles and the petroglyphs in the canyon Rachael knows is evil. She's right. She's always right.
The weaving grows denser and denser as the characters are brought closer and closer. Until a climactic scene I couldn't read fast enough.
Sublett makes me care about his characters, and I look forward to seeing SOME of them in the next book.
March 8, 2016
This book took me quite awhile to finish. I'd loaded it into my phone and iPad, so I always have something to read with me.
We've purchased art from Dr Sublette's Tucson gallery in a previous life. That's what drew me to his books. In the last couple of years we've only bought his books. We look forward to buying more art in our next life! This one's plot brings back Charles Bloom the Santa Fe gallery owner. A plus for me is it brings him out into the countryside and into the world of Native American art and beliefs.
There are two other characters along with their stories throughout the book until the last when all three come together.
This one seems more of a stretch for this author. While I liked it as a casual read I enjoyed the first two better. For any reader that's visited northern Arizona and New Mexico it's easy to imagine being back. Nice bit of a vacation while waiting at the dentist's.
We've purchased art from Dr Sublette's Tucson gallery in a previous life. That's what drew me to his books. In the last couple of years we've only bought his books. We look forward to buying more art in our next life! This one's plot brings back Charles Bloom the Santa Fe gallery owner. A plus for me is it brings him out into the countryside and into the world of Native American art and beliefs.
There are two other characters along with their stories throughout the book until the last when all three come together.
This one seems more of a stretch for this author. While I liked it as a casual read I enjoyed the first two better. For any reader that's visited northern Arizona and New Mexico it's easy to imagine being back. Nice bit of a vacation while waiting at the dentist's.
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