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The red power murders (DreadfulWater mystery #2)
By Hartley GoodWeather. 2006
A string of random occurrences is causing Thumps DreadfulWater, photographer and ex-cop, some real discomfort. First Noah Ridge, the RedPower…
activist, arrives in Chinook; then the body of a retired FBI agent turns up; and the ghostly presence of Lucy Kettle hovers in the background. Now the sheriff wants Thumps to return to his cop beat temporarily. 2006.DreadfulWater (DreadfulWater mystery #1)
By Thomas King. 2002
Thumps DreadfulWater is a Cherokee ex-cop trying to make a living as a photographer in the small town of Chinook,…
somewhere in the northwestern United States. But he doesn’t count on snapping shots of a dead body languishing in a newly completed luxury condo resort built by the local Indian band. It’s a mystery that Thumps can’t help getting involved in, especially when he realizes the number one suspect is Stick Merchant, anti-condo protester and wayward son of Claire Merchant, head of the tribal council and DreadfulWater’s sometimes lover. Smart and savvy, blessed with a killer dry wit and a penchant for self-deprecating humour, DreadfulWater just can’t manage to shed his California cop skin. Before long, he is deeply entangled in the mystery and has his work cut out for him. 2017, c2002.Cold skies (DreadfulWater mystery #3)
By Thomas King. 2018
Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace and quiet. His past as a California cop now far behind him, he's…
living out his retirement as a fine-arts photographer in the small town of Chinook. His health isn't great, and he could use a new stove, but as long as he's got his cat and a halfway decent plate of eggs, life is good.All that changes when a body turns up on the eve of a major water conference and the understaffed sheriff's department turns to Thumps for help. Thumps wants none of it, but even he is intrigued when he learns the deceased was developing a new technology that could revolutionize water and oil drilling, and that could also lose some very powerful people a lot of money. As strangers begin to pour into Chinook for the conference, Thumps finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a conflict between secretive players who will kill to get what they want. Sequel to "The Red Power murders". 2018.A matter of malice (DreadfulWater mystery #4)
By Thomas King. 2019
When a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose…
death was ruled "misadventure," he is reluctant to get involved. Then the producer dies in the exact same manner, and Thumps finds himself solving two cases. 2019.A Matter of Malice: A DreadfulWater Mystery (DreadfulWater #4)
By Thomas King. 2019
When a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose…
death was ruled “misadventure,” he is reluctant to get involved. Then the producer dies in the exact same manner, and Thumps finds himself solving two cases.Can a reality TV show solve a cold case?The crew of a true-crime reality TV show, Malice Aforethought, shows up in Chinook to do an episode about the death of Trudy Samuels. Trudy’s death had originally been ruled accidental, but with ratings in mind, one of the producers, Nina Maslow, wants to prove it was murder. And she wants Thumps to help. Thumps is reluctant to get involved until Nina dies in the exact same place and in the exact same way as Trudy. Are the two deaths related? Or are there two murderers on the loose in Chinook? Thumps uses Nina’s Malice Aforethought files to try to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, and in the process discovers that she had already started work on another case close to Thumps' heart: the Obsidian murders.