White shell woman

By James D. Doss

Subjects: Mystery, Police, Indians of north america, fiction, Ute Indians, Colorado in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Moon, charlie (fictitious character : doss), fiction, Moon, Charlie (Fictitious character : Doss), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Police in fiction, Ute Indians in fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Colorado, fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Description: The two sandstone monoliths towering over the southern Colorado landscape are wrapped in ancient mystery. To the local tribes, they are the Twin War Gods, sons of the moon goddess, White Shell Woman. Legends tell of strange happenings in their shadows, of lost treasure and Anasazi blood sacrifice. But it is a much more recent history that troubles former Ute policeman-turned-rancher Charlie Moon, specifically the fresh corpse of a young Native American woman unearthed at an archaeological dig.