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Wild Indigo (A WILD Mystery)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425213698
ISBN: 0425213692
Label: Berkley Hardcover
Manufacturer: Berkley Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: January 02, 2007
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Studio: Berkley Hardcover
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Editorial Review:
INTRODUCING JAMAICA WILD-AND THE BEGINNING OF A THRILLING NEW SERIES.
The high desert of New Mexico becomes the backdrop for this debut novel of ancient rituals, restless spirits, a desperate female Fed, and a crime that could destroy an entire culture . . .
Bureau of Land Management Agent Jamaica Wild has witnessed the death of a Tanoah Pueblo man trampled to death by stampeding buffalo. The tribe has declared the incident a suicide, the FBI concurs, and the body is hurried to ceremony before the sun can go down on his spirit.
But Agent Wild suspects foul play. Haunted by the memory of the welts on the man's body, and the strange ecstasy in his eyes, she pursues her own investigation, which leads her into a labyrinth of clandestine Pueblo religious rites, peyote cults, and Hispanic and Tiwa witchcraft. But Jamaica has promised the mother of the victim, the beloved matriarch of the Santana family, that she will find out what really happened to her son. Until Anna Santana took her in long ago, Jamaica was a stray, much like the wary wolf pup she has just rescued.
When the tribal government and the local paper make allegations that Jamaica caused the stampede, she soon finds herself banned from the Pueblo, suspended from her job-and allied with an old, reclusive curandera who induces trances and casts spells. Ultimately, Jamaica will discover that the answer to the mystery is contained in another secret, perhaps the greatest secret regarding Tanoah Pueblo-one that threatens its future and its past.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Blue Indigo
Blue Indigo was a fast and interesting read. Do wish the author had used an actual pueblo in New Mexico. Having lived there 3 times and knowing a good deal about native American culture, I had a difficult time in understanding what was make-believe and what was real. Tony Hillerman, on the other hand, writes factual fiction and it is a learning experience.
Rating:  - Too many sticking points
I'm not big into cultural books, because the honest truth is that I just don't know much about other cultures, and I'll admit that I really don't want to learn. Certainly not from a fiction book! There's always the inability to trust what's being said because it is fiction, but in order to understand some of the plot points you had to either know about Indian culture or take the book at its word. Also, this book frustrated me because of all the issues surrounding the reservations and them being ... Read More
Rating: - A Wild Ride
In this debut mystery, Wild Indigo, by Sandi Ault, BLM Agent Jamaica Wild is assigned to the wilderness areas surrounding Tanoah Pueblo in the Southwest region. While following a mysterious tip, she witnesses a tribal member being killed in a bison stampede, then has to flee to her vehicle to get away from the herd. When her boss tells her to back off, her intuition tells her that this death, ruled as a suicide, is something more, and she starts her own investigation. As Jamaica is befriended by one ... Read More
Rating:  - Unrealistic
Other reviewers have compared Sandi Ault to Tony Hillerman, but except for stories involving Indian Culture the two are quite different. Hillerman's Navajo are realistic Americans who pursue understandable rational behaviors. Sandi Ault describes "story book Indians," men, and mostly women, who pursue magic and mystery. Their magic, unlike any magic I've run across, seems to actually work - so that almost anything can happen in dreams or in reality. Events happen which do not appear to accord with possible ... Read More
Rating: - Very Enjoyable!
Sandi Ault's debut with Wild Indigo is beautifully crafted. The characters are so appealing, I find myself missing some of them as I would dear friends. Her descriptions of the landscapes paint such pictures, that I felt as if I could step into them. I'm intrigued by Ms. Ault's knowledge of Pueblo life, and admire how she was able to weave subtle story lines and believable mysticism together to reach the exciting climax. The main character, Jamaica, is a multi-layered heroine who strives for truth, and ... Read More
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