content: Yeesh, what "A reader" said. Was a professional editor employed in the publication of this book? Repetitive, unbelieveable physical descriptions of the characters and their actions irritated me enough to detract from the intriguing device of an Anasazi murder mystery. No-one's hair actually looks like a "glistening black serpent", no matter how many times you repeat it.And yeah, the story jumps around too much and introduces too many characters and situations. You'd need to keep notes to follow what is going on.....and I was irritated enough by the poor writing to lose interest in keeping it all straight.To continue damning with faint praise, this book's wannabe-Indian authors aren't too insistently "Indian good, modern world bad" nativist, although it's in there. I've encountered worse. Still annoying, though.If you are interested in native American/First Nations mysteries, give Tony Hillerman a try. Better written, with more believeable characters.