The murder mystery might have been a good one. But I could not look past the blatant racism and how native people (people of color) are portrayed.
-Base instincts, lower than those of white people.
-Lives of people of color are inconsequentially less important than those of cattle.

I really tried to push myself through the whole thing, hoping that it was part of the plot and that at least people would be made to see reason. Nope
The ending was awful too, a half-cast white-black child is believed to go from white skin to black as he accepts his untamed side. OMG.
I am definitely not reading anything by this author again.