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Title: The Death of Blue Mountain Cat

Author: Michael Allan Dymmoch

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-13-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

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 posh 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. And some of the museum's patrons were outraged by his work. Even the victim's wife merits investigation: The death of Blue Mountain Cat sends her into shock but doesn't keep her name off the long list of suspects.

Thinnes drafts psychiatrist Jack Caleb to guide him through the terra incognita of the art world, and the investigation turns up a desperate director, a savage critic, a married mistress, and shady dealings by the artist's partner. Adding to the tension is pressure on the detective to close the high-profile case. 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.

Members Reviews:

I'm hooked on the series.

Only four stars because one wants to save a star for "great" books -- this is good. Quite good. I'm hooked on the series. I finish one and load the next. Underneath it all, the two protagonists are "normal." That is, you can easily empathize with the complexities of their lives that are there as subtext during the solution of the mysteries. That these two men should become friends while still maintaining a distance between them rings true as we all have friends who are kept away from out inner lives while they are still very close friends in other ways.

I do sense it's useful to have been to Lake Shore Drive and know a bit of the geography of Chicago to visualize the scenes. I know it's helping me but it may not be necessary to enjoying the books. Someone else will need to address that.

This is a really good series that stands out from the crowd

This is a really good series that stands out from the crowd. This is not a cozy "cat" type mystery. The mystery/crime components remain interesting through the series, but the building of the friendship between straight cop and gay psychiatrist is what shines. The first book is set in the late 80s or early 90s, and the evolution of the relationship over the life of the series is outstanding.

Thinnes//Caleb The Death of a Blue Mountain Cat

I really enjoyed this book, and this series. My only disappointment is that the series has been completed. Both characters are unusual. Their characters are well-developed yet really different than most detective/buddy combo. I don't do spoilers but this whole series is worth reading.

Native American artist Blue Mountain Cat has a style described as "Andy Warhol meets Jonathon Swift in Indian country." When he's murdered at an exclusive showing in a posh Chicago 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. And some of the museum's patrons were outraged by his work.