{"id":231,"date":"2010-11-12T10:21:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T16:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2012-09-26T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T16:54:37","slug":"reviews-crying-blood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?page_id=231","title":{"rendered":"Reviews: Crying Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Crying<\/span><\/p>\n

Publication Date: February 1, 2011
\nISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-59058-831-4
\nISBN ( Paperback ): 978-1-59058-833-8
\nISBN ( Large Print ): 978-1-59058-832-1<\/p>\n

Early Reviews<\/p>\n

…the author<\/strong> does a very good job of depicting the daily activities of a family when you grew your own food and harvested it and cured it, too.\u00a0 The historical context makes the story interesting in its own right, and the mystery just adds some spice to the mixture.
\n<\/em>… the time in history is accurately represented and the plot is complex.\u00a0 Get yourself a copy and see what you think.<\/em>
\nJo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie. Oct 10,2010, bkfaerie.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/crying-blood-by-donis-casey.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Alafair\u2019s <\/strong>sixth [sic] (The Sky Took Him, 2009, etc.) will appeal to history buffs and Hillerman aficionados. The book includes sections on hog butchering, favorite old-time recipes, the history of the Indian Territory and land allotment, as well as a guide to Creek pronunciation.<\/em> Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2010<\/p>\n

The characters<\/strong> are well-drawn and interesting, especially Alafair and Shaw Tucker… On the whole this was a charming and entertaining mystery. Ghosts and superstition play a certain role for the environment and the atmosphere, but the solution of the crimes does not depend on anything supernatural. In spite of the PDF format, it was a fast read, and I wouldn\u00b4t mind meeting the engaging Tucker family again. <\/em>
\nDorte Hummershoj Jakobsen, From \u201cDJ\u2019s Krimiblog<\/a>\u201d, Nov. 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Crying Blood<\/strong> begins with a simple hunting trip by a father, his brother and their sons.\u00a0 It then evolves into a great mystery.\u00a0 A skeleton, a ghost, a murder, and a manhunt!\u00a0 How does this everyday family in the early years of the 1900’s in Oklahoma help solve the mystery?\u00a0 You are drawn into the lives of Shaw and Alafair Tucker and their large and extended family.\u00a0 The interaction between the family members is very well written.\u00a0 You feel as though this is a real family struggling to live and survive.\u00a0 Their reactions to the events they are drawn into are the same reactions I think you or I would have.\u00a0 I liked that the author gave us (and not the characters) the whole story of the mystery after the end of the book.\u00a0 It tied everything up in a neat little bow.<\/em>
\nChristy Gibbon on Goodreads<\/a>, Oct. 31, 2010<\/p>\n

I look forward<\/strong> to new adventures of the Tucker family, set in Oklahoma shortly before World War I. “Blood” focuses not on Alafair, the sensible and unflappable mother, but on her husband, Shaw, whose hunting trip is disrupted by an otherworldly experience.
\nA young Indian boy figures prominently in the action, as does some Tucker family history. We get a lesson in American-Indian policy and its tragic aftermath, as well.
\nCasey gets full marks for creating fully realized, three-dimensional characters. As much as I like Alafair, I enjoyed getting to know Shaw as well.<\/em>
\nRoberta Alexander of the Contra Coata Times<\/em> on www.mercurynews.com<\/a> February 10. 2011<\/p>\n

Casey’s nuanced portrayal<\/strong> of settler and native lives in early 20th-century Oklahoma lends soul and depth to her atmospheric fifth Alafair Tucker mystery (after 2009’s The Sky Took Him).<\/em>
\nPublisher’s Weekly, February 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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