The book is odd in the way a genre author's early books often are, the pacing was a bit slow in the beginning and the characters are not quite firmed up. Still, I couldn't put it down and skipped breakfast to finish the last 100 pages. This is really a Bergen McKee mystery, but there is plenty of Navajo culture included and the action is all about the location on the Reservation. I liked it, but the first 100 pages is a little less likable than the ending. McKee was way too courtly towards Miss Ellen Leon, and crap that was annoying.