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Jan 22, 2015DorisWaggoner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Neither Vicky nor Fr. John knows how much they care about each other. But they know how well they work together, she as an Arapaho laywer, he as the Jesuit priest at the St. Franscis mission on the Arapaho Reservation. Fr. Joseph returns 35 yrs after leaving, and 2 wks later is murdered. Why? Does it have to do with his abrupt departure in 1964, the year the babies died from contaminated water? Sharon Davis, Indian movie star, born that year and adopted into a white family, never told of her Native roots, is sure she's Arapaho, and comes to Vicky for help. At first Vicky doesn't want to help, thinking it's a publicity stunt. Then when Fr. Joseph is murdered, and Sharon, Vicky, and Fr. John are threatened, they begin to take it seriously. Fr. John's superior wants him to leave, thinking he's taking it all too seriously, and that he's getting too involved with Vicky. Finally he insists, sending a young Boston Irishman. Fr. John caves in, and heads to Milwaukee to finish the long-deferred PhD and teach at Marquette, leaving Vicky behind. At the last minute, his boss lets him stay; Vicky leaves, knowing the res. needs him more than it needs her. One of the best in the series.