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Cold Skies: A DreadfulWater Mystery Hardcover – May 22 2018

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From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Sufferance and Indians on Vacation

When a body is found in an airport rental car, Thumps DreadfulWater learns that the deceased was developing a revolutionary technology. The technology is new, but could it be so valuable that someone would kill for it?

Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace and quiet. His past as a California cop now far behind him, he’s living out his retirement as a fine-arts photographer in the small town of Chinook. His health isn’t great, and he could use a new stove, but as long as he’s got his cat and a halfway decent plate of eggs, life is good.

All of that changes when a body turns up on the eve of a major water conference and the understaffed sheriff’s department turns to Thumps for help. Thumps wants none of it, but even he is intrigued when he learns that the deceased was developing a new technology that could revolutionize water and oil drilling . . . and that could also lose some very powerful people a lot of money. As strangers begin to pour into Chinook for the conference, Thumps finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a conflict between secretive players who will not hesitate to kill to get what they want.

Book 3 of 6

DreadfulWater
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464 pages
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English
Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date

May 22 2018
Dimensions

15.24 x 3.58 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-10

144345706X
ISBN-13

978-1443457064
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“Whimsical and wry, large-hearted and at times laugh out loud funny, but with an underlying gravitas and significance.” -- Quill & Quire

“The characters are really clever. . . . The dialogue is crisp and just begs to head to the screen.” -- The Globe and Mail

“Let’s hope that DreadfulWater shows up again and again.” -- Books in Canada

“Even armchair sleuths who can see the solution from a mile away will appreciate GoodWeather’s unerring knack for converting social, racial, and economic conflict into blissful farce.” -- Kirkus Reviews

“Wry wit, clever writing, amusing characters. . . . [Readers] are going to love sharing this adventure with Thumps DreadfulWater.” -- Tony Hillerman

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FROM THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE INCONVENIENT INDIAN, A NEW DREADFULWATER MYSTERY THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE VERY END

Cherokee ex-cop Thumps DreadfulWater is feeling lethargic. He’s tired of work, he’s tired of Chinook and the people in it, and most of all, he’s tired of their questions: Why is he always so tired? Is he depressed? Does he have diabetes? A thyroid condition? Cancer?

It would be great, Thumps thinks, if they would all mind their own business. Especially Sheriff Duke Hockney, who asks Thumps to fill in as sheriff while Hockney is away.

When a body is found in an airport rental car, Thumps soon has questions of his own and more business he doesn’t want. Before long, two bodies have gone cold in Chinook, and the case is just starting to heat up.

Thumps finds out there’s a lot of buzz around the water conference being held in town. As it turns out, both of the deceased worked for Orion Technologies, a company developing a revolutionary method for extracting fresh water from hidden reservoirs. The technology is new, but could it be so valuable that someone would kill for it? It’s up to Thumps DreadfulWater to find out.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers (May 22 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 144345706X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1443457064
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 627 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.58 x 22.86 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,476 in Native American Literature (Books)
- #18,650 in Police Procedurals (Books)

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Thomas King is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer. His many books include the novels Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; Truth and Bright Water; two short story collections, One Good Story, That One (Minnesota, 2013) and A Short History of Indians in Canada (Minnesota, 2013); nonfiction, The Truth About Stories (Minnesota, 2005); and the children's books A Coyote Columbus Story, Coyote Sings to the Moon, Coyote's New Suit, and A Coyote Solstice Tale. King edited the literary anthology All My Relations and wrote and starred in the popular CBC radio series, The Dead Dog Café. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award (2003), and was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2004. He has taught Native literature and history and creative writing at the University of Lethbridge, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Guelph and is now retired and lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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LDA

Well-written: interesting characters to follow in this series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 12, 2022

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Thumps DreadfulWater, along with his cronies, has drawn me into to reading the whole series. It is fun to read. King makes some quiet but well-placed remarks about stereotypical thinking when he creates his central character as down-to-earth and yet highly educated on world-wide and historical topics which he just tosses off as appropriate commentary from time to time in discussion with his buddies. The dialogue in these books is occasionally hilarious. The characters are credible as the mysteries they try to solve unfold within their daily lives in rural Chinook, Montana. I hope Mr. King continues to write more in this series.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 4, 2022

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The story took me out of the drama of life and politics and made we laugh at us humans King weaves a good story.

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Mary-Jane Patterson

Although there are recurring characters the books do not have to be read in order.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 11, 2021

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Both my husband and I enjoy the Dreadfulwater Mysteries. King has an easy style of writing and it is easy to get into the story right at the start. I love the way he “does” conversation.

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akagypsy

Third in the series - nailed it.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 13, 2020

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Thomas King’s “Thumps Dreadfulwater” series moves up three notches of intensity for part 3. The wit, playfulness, story and characters are superb. Having grown up in a small town myself, it’s more the things you don’t know about people which always catches one by surprise. A tight pace together in combination with the author’s other merits, moves this into the 5 star category .

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 1, 2020

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King has a wonderful ear for dialogue and the best characters. If you miss Robert B. Parker, this book is for you.

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Kirsteen McLean

I love Thomas King's Novels

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 29, 2019

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A friend and I purchased the 4 Dreadful Water books - 2 each and we're currently reading and swapping! His writing is always entertaining and I love his sly humour.

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DDD

This whole series is a great read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 9, 2020

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Enjoyable read only problem one finds them selves to quickly at the last page and wishing for more

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 16, 2019

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An accomplished Canadian writer does a nice job with this mystery. Likeable characters, good plot.

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robert

He's back !

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2022

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I've read several of King`s earlier books and decided to try this mystery series. I've bought all five and thoroughly enjoy them. The only major downside is that they're fairly hard to find in the USA, especially used copies, and are pretty expensive when found. Not sure why there's not better distribution in the US.

old lady

Writer worth reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2020

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I have read as many of his books as I can. The ones that aren't fiction have good information.

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