Cause of Death
Worth buying if: You enjoy Margaret Coel’s Wind River setting and recurring characters.
Skip it if: You expect a procedural heavy on forensic detail rather than community portrait.
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Summary
In Cause of Death, Margaret Coel follows a reporter and a Jesuit priest into a murder investigation on the Wind River Reservation, unraveling local history, family secrets, and jurisdictional friction across 256 pages.
Why this book now
Coel’s 1997 Wind River portrait remains timely for readers interested in Native-set mysteries and the ongoing conversation about law, community, and justice.
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- You enjoy Margaret Coel’s Wind River setting and recurring characters.
- You read mysteries centered on reservation life, tribal history, and jurisdictional conflict.
- You expect a procedural heavy on forensic detail rather than community portrait.
- You prefer standalones with no recurring priest- or reporter-led series threads.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780425159613
Worth buying if: You enjoy Margaret Coel’s Wind River setting and recurring characters.
Skip it if: You expect a procedural heavy on forensic detail rather than community portrait.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
About a medium-length 256-page read: expect a focused single-sitting or weekend commitment with steady pacing through a character-driven mystery.
What stands out here
This Berkley Pub Group trade edition emphasizes Coel’s Wind River setting and the rapport between the reporter and Jesuit priest that anchors the series.
Best way to approach it
Read attentively to dialogue and community detail—Coel rewards close attention to local names, history, and jurisdictional clues rather than forensic exposition.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780425159613
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