Butterfly Lost Introducing half-Hopi Laura Winslow, a somewhat illegal computer hacker working with bounty hunters. Set in Northern Arizona and the western part of the Navajo Reservation, including the Hopi Reservation, where Laura is called to investigate the disappearance of young Hopi maidens. Hacking onto the electronic trail of people who want to stay lost is Laura's busines. But when an old Hopi requests Laura to find his missing granddaughter, she doesn't want any part of his vision of Hope Powakas or Navajo skinwalkers - or anything else that brings back old memories of her life growing up on the rez as Kauwanyauma - Butterfly Revealing Wings Of Beauty. Propelled by her own bad memories, Laura reluctantly begins her search, a trail that leads her into the testosterone-laden rodeo circuit of bullriders, and drops her between the crosshairs of stolen sacred objects and a quest for ultimate power. This investigation cuts too close to her own demons. Holding body and soul together - and catching a killer - means she must get beyond the angry desire to destroy the past and allow herself to be the woman, and the Hopi, that she's always tried to deny.

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Read what others are saying "Laura Winslow's hidden past, angst and anger, as well as her strong desire to be independent, play important roles in the carefully crafted, convoluted narrative." —Ray Walsh, Lansing State Journal "David Cole has created a character you want to hug and shake at the same time. He weaves the complexity of today's world with the mystery of the Hopi into a spellbinding story line that native culture readers should enjoy. Cole holds his own with Hillerman, and adds a new author to my list of "must-haves"." —Books n Bytes "Butterfly Lost is the most literary of the new crop of books. For many readers "literary" has become somewhat pejorative-somehow meaning pretentious or precious, or perhaps just obscure. In the case of this delightfully written mystery it simply means that the author makes the creative-even unique-use of language we used to routinely expect from creative writers. Cole can craft a metaphor of tremendous power and style without interrupting his story or disturbing the reader's narrative flow. Only an old English teacher is going to have to stop and admire the jewel." —Ernie Bulow, Buffalo Medicine Books "David Cole's Butterfly Lost kept bringing the word "unusual" to mind. This first novel, set mostly on the Navajo and Hopi reservations of Northern Arizona, offers exceedingly well-written descriptions of its desert settings, but ultimately grabs and holds your attention with its non-formula protagonist."Ý —Crescent Blues Book Views "David Cole, an exciting newcomer whose Butterfly Lost is sure to please fans of Native American Fiction." —Mystery Guild "This book is a haunting tale that will leave the reader a bit uneasy at the end. The mystery of the missing girls has been solved, but Laura may still have many more miles to go before she can make peace with herself." —The Mystery Reader