The Knotted Strings

Mo Bowdre #3

by Page Jake, Buck Schirner

Blind sculptor and sometimes sleuth, Mo Bowdre, relies on his inner vision to solve murder and sabotage during a movie-shoot on tribal Indian land. Amidst hostility, the deadly real-life scenario eclipses the one meant for the screen: both the leading man and the authority who leased the tribal land are murdered. Mo and his beautiful Hopi girlfriend, who has a small part in the movie, sort through the movers, shakers and players to solve the murders.Jake Page's knowledge of the history, culture and landscape of the Southwest saturates this first-rate mystery with an authenticity that will affect and touch the listener.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

Audio Cassette

First published February 7, 1995

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Jake Page's mystery series set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I love his hero, Mo Bowdre, a blind girl friend and his Hopi girlfriend, Connie, police detective Tony Rodriguez, and FBI Agent Collings. But especially Mo, with whom I think I'm a little bit in love with. I enjoy Pages's writing and plotting, although mostly I like the setting, characters, and scenes.

The Knotted Strings is an excellent book. It explores themes of exploitation of Native Americans, the art world of Santa Fe (although less so here than in other books), and the movie world (especially interesting in such a visual-despite its blind hero-series).

Someone is killing off the cast and crew of a movie being filmed near Santa Fe. Is it a group of activist Indians angry about sacred land being used? Is it someone with something against this movie or this director? Is it politics or greed or some combination of both?

I won't say more for fear of spoilers but I greatly recommend this book for mystery lovers and fans of New Mexico.

[Trish · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was something of a disappointment. I had thoroughly enjoyed "The Stolen Gods" and "The Deadly Canyon," but "The Knotted Strings" wasn't as interesting, there were extraneous characters, and the ending was decidedly flat.

[Tarn Taran]

good story, characters, new mexico mystery

[Devi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read, but I thought the first two were better.