Buffalo Jump Blues

By: Keith McCafferty

Narrated by: Rick Holmes

In the wake of Fourth of July fireworks in Montana's Madison Valley, Hyalite County sheriff Martha Ettinger and Deputy Sheriff Harold Little Feather investigate a horrific scene at the Palisades cliffs, where a herd of bison have fallen to their deaths. Victims of blind panic caused by the pyrotechnics, or a ritualistic hunting practice dating back thousands of years? The person who would know is beyond asking, an Indian man found dead among the bison, his leg pierced by an arrow.

Farther up the valley, fly fisherman, painter, and sometime private detective Sean Stranahan has been hired by the beautiful Ida Evening Star, a Chippewa Cree woman who moonlights as a mermaid at the Trout Tails Bar & Grill, to find her old flame, John Running Boy. The cases seem unrelated - until Sean's search leads him right to the brink of the buffalo jump.

With unforgettable characters and written with his signature grace and wry humor, Buffalo Jump Blues weaves a gripping tale of murder, wildlife politics, and lost love.

©2016 Keith McCafferty (P)2016 Recorded Books

Book 5 still liking them

Enjoyed this one too, but another detail error that is a common annoying misperception. At one point, they were discussing a small arrowhead and called it a "bird point". There was no such thing as a "bird point". Small arrowheads were JUST arrowheads and not used solely for birds because they were small. You didn't want something big an heavy on an arrow. It wouldn't fly. Larger projectile points were used on atlatls and spears. With that said, this was another good PG-13 Patrick McManus style Bo Tulley mystery (artist, private investigator, fly fisherman) who solves a murder mystery. This one is a little darker too. I heard abot the ancient Buffalo Jump strategy when I live out west. Good to see a story bout it. Good narration again. Recommend.

not the best McCafferty, but still good

narrator was good, connect him to Shawn stranahan now. a good read. like the stranahan series.

Another Good Story

I enjoyed this story and loved the way the author brought information on Native Americans and the Buffaloes issues to readers attention.

Great story!

We love listening to this series! How Keith weaves his story around actual facts is truly an art. Recommend this series(

My own hang up

This was the first book I have read in this series. The story was good and performed well. I was only put off for the continued reverence of the Native American characters as Indian. Not that isn't right but used so less often in current times than this book illustrated.