Spirit Sickness

By: Kirk Mitchell

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

In the tradition of Tony Hillerman and Joseph Wambaugh comes this suspense thriller reuniting Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, two Native American cops torn between their heritage and the law.

A fire-gutted police cruiser found in a remote part of the Navajo reservation bears witness to a horrific crime. Inside are the bodies of a tribal patrolman and his wife. As BIA Investigator Emmett Parker and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed know, a cop's murder is never simple, raising countless questions and suspicions. When another murder is discovered, the case explodes into an otherworldly realm.

Both Parker, a Comanche, and Turnipseed, a Modoc, are well acquainted with the eerie shadow land between native myth and modern homicide investigation. Now they will have to touch minds with a murderer who has woven personal madness with Navajo myth to create his own reality - and with it the need to kill and kill again.

©2000 Kirk Mitchell (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"In his second suspense novel featuring unseasoned FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed and relentless Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker, Mitchell pulls out all the stops....Mitchell [is] a powerful writer of deep emotions, breathtaking natural beauty and nail-biting suspense. ( Publishers Weekly)

If you're looking for the really scary...

I like to listen to audible while falling asleep, but that won't work with this writer, who has an endless imagination for scary stuff, plot twists, and enough valid characters to keep you guessing. This one is intriguing.

Not Hillerman but still good

No this Kirk is not Tony Hillerman but still a darn good author in his own right. Good characters, wonder story line.

Can't wait to start the next one!

Another GREAT book, well narrated, with well developed characters and an interesting storyline. Thanks for this freebie Audible, the series is excellent!
A side note; As someone with way too many possessions (think hoarder), I can tell you with certainty that what you keep or throw away absolutely effects your well being!

Different and entertaining

Well written. The pace was quite good. The narrators deep voice and slow speach took some getting used to. The whole storyline reminded me of a fantasy novel. I haven't checked how factual the setting is. The book placed me in a different world. If this world exists as written then it is even more fascinating. I really liked this book

Great listen, interesting characters

Really enjoy this and ended up listening to the rest of the series, unique, engaging, and overall fun

Good but not Hillerman

Good suspense and well developed characters. And, a lot of surprises in the plot. Pretty graphic though, a route not taken by Tony Hillerman. I hope Audible supplies us with future episodes. Its a solid four stars.

Gritty mystery of the native American southwest

It’s fairly obvious that Tony Hillerman‘s success with this particular genre has inspired the author. The writing is pretty good except for an occasional misused word - apparently there are no editors anymore and dictionaries are a thing of the past - and the plotting is tight and makes sense, generally speaking. The story is more violent and less spiritual than Hillerman fans might expect, but compelling nevertheless.

Decent story. Great narrator

Good story. Great narrator. The two main characters expressed angst over their attraction to each other but it was not smarmy or maudlin. Liked the interweaving of different American natives beliefs. Will try another by this author

Evil, Murder and Indian Spirits

The second in the series of Emmet Parker and Anna Turnipseed is one that will keep you up all night listening . . . contemplating . . . and sweating bullets. As the two hunt for the killer of a tribal policeman and his wife, burned to death in the cop's police cruiser, it soon becomes evident that there is a particular kind of evil at work. It will take all that the two have within them to find it, get to its origin and extinguish it for good. Turnipseed's first case since nearly being killed several months earlier on another case, she is the lead on this case and carefully finding her footing and confidence. Emmett and Anna's undeniable attraction to one another, but not acted upon, is becoming difficult for them both. But before they can deal with that, they must track down a maniacal killer. The hunt takes them to unexpected places and exposes people that they thought they knew. Excellent story and satisfying conclusion.

Complicated relationship

I love that all the tribes included are painted with a different brush.
the protagonist s were confusing their relationship.