Black Silk Handkerchief: A Hom-Astubby Mystery

By D.L. Birchfield

In this fast-paced novel by D. L. Birchfield, a hard-luck Oklahoma Choctaw lawyer, Hom-Astubby, decides that doing things on Indian time just isn't compatible with practicing law. When he tries his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806137517
• ISBN13: 9780806137513
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

BLACK SILK HANDKERCHIEF

Black Silk Handkerchief: A Hom-astubby Mystery Riveting. I could not put it down. The suspense, the character development, the extremely hate inspiring villains are all part of what makes this the best book I have read in ages. I cannot wait for another in this series.

A well crafted mystery

The Black Silk Scarf is well written mystery with a great Native American prospective. Hom-Astubby, the hero, has a great ruminating style of figuring out his life and the situations he gets himself into. It is exciting to read such a interesting plot as told in a truly original voice. Hom-Astubby gives a nice view of Choctaw's take on not only a well thought out mystery, but on his ways of dealing with and views of the anglo society. I cannot wait to read the second in the series, which I hope is followed by many more by this knowledgeable author.

A Page Turner

Just finished "Black Silk Handkerchief". Wow! What a great book. An excellent story line with lots of little interesting tid bits that kept me glued to the pages. The lead charactors are very like-able. The author really knows how to turn up the heat as the book picks up speed to the point where any interuptions or distractions in my reading became very irriating. I highly recommend this book and can't wait for volume two in the series. Please believe me when I say that every book this author writes gets better and better, to the point where he has truly become one of my favorite authors. This is not easy for me to say because D.L. Birchfield is my older brother and older brothers can be a little overbearing and intolerant at times. I have to say though that as older brothers go, he's not so bad. You don't have to take my word for it if you think I might be prejudiced toward the book just because we're related. He won the Western Writers of America "Spur Award" for his previous novel "Field of Honor", which is a funny, engrossing book in itself. If you like a good read then get "Black Silk Handkerchief". I think you'll like it.