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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1995
  • Latest Book:
    September 2016
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Full Series List in Order

Catherine McLeod

1 - Blood Memory (Sep-2008)
2 - The Perfect Suspect (Sep-2011)

A Wind River Mystery

1 - The Eagle Catcher (May-1995)
2 - The Ghost Walker (Oct-1996)
3 - The Dream Stalker (Oct-1997)
4 - The Story Teller (Oct-1998)
5 - The Lost Bird (Oct-1999)
6 - The Spirit Woman (Sep-2000)
7 - The Thunder Keeper (Sep-2001)
8 - The Shadow Dancer (Sep-2002)
9 - Killing Raven (Sep-2003)
10 - Wife of Moon (Sep-2004)
11 - Eye of the Wolf (Sep-2005)
12 - The Drowning Man (Sep-2006)
13 - The Girl With Braided Hair (Sep-2007)
14 - The Silent Spirit (Sep-2009)
15 - The Spider's Web (Sep-2010)
16 - Buffalo Bill's Dead Now (Sep-2012)
17 - Killing Custer (Sep-2013)
18 - Night of the White Buffalo (Sep-2014)
19 - The Man Who Fell from the Sky (Sep-2015)
20 - Winter's Child (Sep-2016)
Watching Eagles Soar (Jul-2013)

Book List in Order: 26 titles



  • On the windswept plains of Wyoming's Wind River Reservation, Arapahos have gathered for the Ethete powwow. It is a sacred time to reaffirm the balance and harmony in life. But these feelings of unity quickly give way to fear when tribal chairman Harv...



  • Father John O'Malley comes across a corpse lying in a ditch beside the highway. When he returns with the police, it is gone. The Arapahos of the Wind River Reservation speak of ghost walkers-tormented souls caught between the earth and the spirit wor...



  • With promises of new jobs and millions in revenue, the Wind River Reservation agrees to use their land for a nuclear storage site. But Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden is not willing to let this happen. And with help from Father John O'Malley, she sets ...



  • When the Arapaho storyteller discovers that a sacred tribal artifact is missing from a local museum, attorney Vicky Holden is called to investigate. The lost treasure: a one-of-a-kind ledger boot and the only eyewitness account of Arapaho history on ...





  • When a frail Father Keenan is murdered at St. Francis Mission, the community is shocked. Who would kill an ailing priest? The answer may date back to 1964, the year he abruptly left his post--and dozens of Arapaho parents were told their newborns had...



  • ANDREW GREELEY introduces a monk of the Middle Ages who investigates corruption in the Vatican to crack "The Case of the Murdered Pope"... Sir John Fielding, a blind eighteenth-century magistrate, confronts crime at a stuffy dinner party in BRUCE ALE...



  • According to legend, Sacajawea--the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition through the American wilderness--is buried on the Wind River Reservation. Now, a college professor--and longtime friend of Arapaho attorney Vick...



  • The Arapahos of the Wind River Reservation are stunned by the apparent suicide of a young Indian while he was on a vision quest. A stranger's chilling confession to Father O'Malley reveals that the man was actually murdered, and more deaths are sure ...






  • Father John O'Malley makes it his personal business to tend to the souls of the Wind River Reservation. With the disappearance of a young man, and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder--his hunch is that both events are somehow connected to t...



  • The discovery of a white man's body on the Wind River Reservation has passions running high--and Father John O'Malley trying to keep the peace. Meanwhile, the newly opened Great Plains Casino--with Vicky Holden as its in-house counsel--is fighting fo...



  • Fourteen masters of the mystery and suspense genre--including Jan Burke, Carolyn Hart, Simon Brett, and Edward Marston--each contribute an individual chapter to a round robin mystery about a weekend house party in a small English village that is turn...



  • In 1907, photographer Edward S. Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation, hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished altogether. To preserve the legacy of warriors in battle, Curtis staged an attack on a village, planning to ca...



  • THIS IS FOR THE INDIAN PRIEST. The cryptic message was clearly meant for Father O'Malley. The unemotional voice on the answering machine -- speaking of revenge against old enemies -- wanted O'Malley to visit the site of the Bates Battle. In 1874, ...



  • An ancient petroglyph depicting a human figure struggling under water, "The Drowning Man" is worth a quarter of a million dollars to the thieves who took it--but is priceless to the Arapahos, who believe it was carved by spirits. The theft is near...



  • In 1973, Liz Plenty Horses was involved with the militant American Indian Movement--helping several members wanted by the FBI blend in with her people on the Wind River Reservation. But when one of them was found and shot to death by the police, Liz ...



  • Catherine McLeod is an investigative reporter for the Journal, one of Denver's major newspapers. Her relentless pursuit of the truth has earned her both accolades and enmity. But her recent coverage of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes filing to reclai...



  • In 1923, Arapahos and Shoshones from the Win River Reservation were recruited to appear as extras in The Covered Wagon, a silent film noted for being Hollywood's first Western to cast real Indians in an effort at authenticity. Charlie Wallowingbull n...



  • When the Arapaho she plans to marry, Ned Windsong, is shot to death, Marcy Morrison is the only witness. Even though she identifies two Arapaho troublemakers, Ned's family believes Marcy was responsible. Convinced of Marcy's innocence, Arapaho attorn...






  • After a candidate for governor is murdered, and his estranged wife is arrested for first-degree homicide, journalist Catherine McLeod receives a call from an anonymous woman claiming she saw the real killer leave the scene of the crime but is afraid ...



  • After more than 120 years, the regalia worn by Arapaho Chief Black Heart in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show were supposed to be returned to his people. But the cartons containing the relics were empty when they arrived at the Arapaho museum. Rancher ...



  • In this thrilling collection of short stories, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel invites you to follow Father John O’Malley and Vicky Holden further into the hidden mysteries and crimes of the Wind River Reservation... When artifa...



  • In her pulse-pounding mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel interweaves authentic Native American culture and history with modern-day suspense. In the latest Wind River novel, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malle...



  • With her gritty mysteries steeped in authentic Native American culture, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel is "widely considered the most accomplished heir to Tony Hillerman’s legacy,” (Scripps Howard News Service). In the latest Win...



  • New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel returns to Wind River with Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O’Malley investigating a lethal link between legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy and a present-day murder… When Robert Walking ...



  • Margaret Coel’s New York Times bestselling series continues as Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O’Malley discover that a centuries-old mystery is tied to a modern-day crime on the Wind River Reservation… In the midst of a blizz...


Award-Winning Books by Margaret Coel

Eye of the Wolf
2006 Colorado Book Award -- Popular Fiction
The Spirit Woman
2001 WILLA Literary Award -- Contemporary Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Margaret Coel has published 26 books.

Margaret Coel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Winter's Child, was published in September 2016.

The first book by Margaret Coel, The Eagle Catcher, was published in May 1995.

Yes. Margaret Coel has 2 series.