The Bride Price

Prejudice always causes trouble!Prosecuting attorney, Big Jim Frakes even practices it a little.Ben Monongye, owner of a Construction company gets killed.Paul Naminga, a Hopi paramedic, is accused and slated to stand trial if Big Jim has anything to say about it. There was blood splatters found on Paul's Koyemsi dance costume and a witness to a man wearing it entering the trailer used for cosutme changes when Ben was killed.Big Jim asks his daughter, Kyra Martin to leave Kansas City, where she also works for the prosecuting attorney. Big Jim wants Krya to return to Flagstaff, Arizona for what will probably be his last big case before retiring.Kyra Martin had left Flagstaff to finish her schooling and a year after leaving married Brad Martin on the rebound [seems very immature] when David Yazzie walked away from her.David Yazzie, the son of a widowed, mostly Navajo mother and a father of mixed Navajo, Anglo and Hispanic background had come a long way from impoverished beginnings thanks to the Army G.I. Bill then borrowed his way into law school. He worked a short time for Big Jim. Untill he showed too much interest in Kyra.Now, David, at 36 years old has reasons to regret listening to Big Jim, who convinced him, 5 years ago, to walk away from Kyra. He, who balked at marriage when she'd been so eager to wear his wedding ring, had built her a house. Would he ever be able to show it to her??Find out what happens when Kyra goes to see David's grandmother, Mary Many Horses and she meets up with David's great-grandfather.I love this twist to the story. Does she or doesn't she?I would probably have rated this a 5 if the characters had been a bit stronger - I have a hard time relating to marriages on the rebound [another human fraility]people who know there is a problem and won't do something about it. Ah well, it is a very good story and well worth reading. I do recommend this one.