The Death of Bernadette Lefthand (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ronald B. Querry
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: 1990’s
- Setting: New Mexico and Arizona
- Principal Characters: Bernadette Lefthand, Gracie Lefthand, Anderson George, Tom George, Emmett Take Horse, Starr Stubbs
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Murder or homicide, Guilt, Spiritual life or spirituality, Native Americans or American Indians, Death or dying, Mysteries, Drinking or drunkenness, Witches or witchcraft, Southwest, 1990’s, Rodeos
- Locales: Arizona, New Mexico
The Novel
Bernadette Lefthand’s death is the first incident reported by her shocked and grieving sister, Gracie. The girls’ father and Gracie at first assume that Bernadette’s death had come as the result of an automobile accident, a common cause of death among young Indians. It turns out, however, that she has been brutally murdered and that the police are looking for Bernadette’s husband, Anderson George.
The heart of the novel is the story of Bernadette’s life on the Jicarilla Apache reservation centered around Dulce, in northern New Mexico. She has always...
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