Harriet Klausner's Review Archive

A California private investigator arrives in Denver searching for both Rachel and the manuscript. Luis learns from him that the missing Rachel comes from a wealthy family who wants her to come home. Apparently Luis is the last known person to have seen her. Luis decides to conduct his own investigation into the disappearance of Rachel which leads him to strip away the polite veneer of Denver's literary community and reveal an ugly undercurrent. At the same time he searches for Rachel, Luis begins to inquire into the strange hit and run death of a literary client. One of these two cases must have struck a cord because someone wants to stop Luis from further investigation and that individual is willing to accomplish his objective, if necessary, by killing the intrepid attorney.

BLUES FOR THE BUFFALO is a great who-done-it that brings alive Denver's Chicano community. The story line is fast- moving and entertaining, and the characters are all superb and human. Manuel Ramos demonstrates that he can has the talent to spin a creative tale and anyone who has not read the Luis Montez series are missing several magnifico books. Harriet Klausner