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The art world is the backdrop when a controversial artist reaches the end of his fifteen minutes of fame. Native American artist Blue Mountain Cat has a style described as "Andy Warhol meets Jonathan Swift in Indian country." When he's murdered at an exclusive showing in a conservative art museum, Detective John Thinnes has no shortage of suspects. Targets of the artist's satire included a greedy developer, a beautiful Navajo woman, and black-market antiquities dealers. Even the victim's show more wife merits investigation. Thinnes drafts psychiatrist Jack Caleb to guide him through the terra incognita of the art world, and their investigation turns up a desperate museum director, a savage critic, a married mistress, and shady dealings by the artist's partner. Thinnes and Caleb connect several apparently unrelated deaths as they follow leads from Wisconsin to Chicago's South Side and the mystery's explosive conclusion. show lessTags
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Blue Mountain Cat is a Native American artist. Murdered.
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- Canonical title
- The Death of Blue Mountain Cat
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Blue Mountain Cat; John Thinnes; Jack Caleb; Lauren Bisti
- Important places
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Dedication
- For Barbara D'Amato, William F Deeck, and Joan Turchik
- First words
- Caleb stood just inside the entrance to the invitation-only showing and tried to determine why the exhibition disturbed him.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)" 'Life is short, only art endures.' "
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.43)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
