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Paperback Prairie Gothic: A Mad Dog & Englishman Mystery Book
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ISBN: 1590583175

ISBN13: 9781590583173

Prairie Gothic

(Book #2 in the Mad Dog & Englishman Series)

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As a howling blizzard blows down upon the sparsely-populated Benteen County seat of Buffalo Springs, Kansas, Sheriff English encounters a doll and a dead baby. Their bodies have been switched, but by whom? And why? The elderly coroner disclaims any knowledge, but seems uneasy when a swastika is revealed on the tiny corpse.

Meanwhile, the sheriff's part-Cheyenne half-brother, "Mad Dog" Maddox, has collected a naked body from the Sunshine Towers retirement home and is headed toward a treetop burial when he is diverted by the storm. In a makeshift mound nearby, Mad Dog's pet wolf-dog hybrid finds a child's skull, evidence of adult bones, and a fading ID for a living County Supervisor. Can the Hornbaker clan really be as gothic as it seems? And what of the tiny woman in the red shoes back at the Towers who calls herself Dorothy...?

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Gothic Indeed

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Mad Dog is at it again, this time determined to give an old man a proper burial, Wynnsome is still clueless, and the blizzard becomes a major character in the story. A lot of serious subjects get dealt with here, but with enough likable characters and comic relief to keep it moving.

Interesting and funny

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Mad Dog, a half Cheyenne self-appointed shaman is only following the wishes of his recently deceased fellow Native American to give him an authentic burial. That's when someone starts taking shots at him. In the meantime, his brother, Sheriff (Englishman) English is called to a nursing home with a report of a kidnapped baby. While a blizzard rages, Englishman needs to find his brother, discover how the baby was killed, and head off an increasingly crazy group of locals. Author J. M. Hayes delivers an often funny story that mixes reality and fantasy seamlessly. Mad Dog may really have shaman powers--or maybe he is just disturbed. Dorothy from the nursing home swears by her ruby sneakers--and calls Mad Dog 'the wizard.' Dorothy may know what happened to the body, and even where the baby came from, but does she also know more. Because there are deep secrets in this rural Kansas towns--secrets that go back to nazi Germany and before. I suspect that Hayes had a good time writing this book. I certainly had a good time reading it.
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