Georgia O'Keefe, the painter, is living in New Mexico in 1936 when she comes across indigenous children being abused at a religious school. She has vowed to investigate but then a bishop is found hanged who tried to look into the same crimes but law enforcement identifies murder. Soon sexual abuse and murder is combined with German spies and the radio preacher of hate Father Coughlin. Georgia is defending some indigenous children. Well written about a dark period in America.

4.25⭐
A great example of why the historical mystery is popular and makes learning fun. Third in a series focused on Georgia O'Keefe, a notable artist whose paintings of zoomed in flowers and desert motifs are beautiful and evocative. While O'Keefe was married to Stieglitz, a famous photographer, they often had separate relationships. In this book, O'Keefe is spending her first winter in New Mexico due to some difficulties in that relationship. The story tied together the American Nazi movement, popularized by Father Coughlin, has ties to German spies, as well as the horrific schools where Indian children were ripped from their parents to rid them of their language and culture. She meets and befriends a young boy who saw his sister murdered and hopes for justice. A good way to learn more about little known parts of history. Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I always enjoy mysteries featuring historical persons, and this one caught my attention. A mystery being solved by the one and only Georgie O'Keefe and set in the southwest? You bet I'm up for reading it. I found a perfectly serviceable, intriguing mystery that provides a few hours of very enjoyable reading. I'll recommend it to readers who want something a big step above a cozy but not quite a thriller. Well done.

I’ll admit I bogged down in the middle of Kathryn Lasky’s third Georgia O’Keeffe historical mystery, A Slant of Light. Lasky had to bring together so many characters, so much history. And, some of what I love about these books was missing at times. O’Keeffe, as an artist, “Saw things in a different way”. I appreciate her way of looking at an item, or even a murder scene, as she observes the light and the artistry.

In New Mexico in 1936, O’Keeffe is hoping to paint some beautiful sunsets before winter settles in. But, on one of her painting trips, she finds a young boy instead. Joseph Reyes is running hundreds of miles back to family in Mexico. He tells O’Keeffe he’s found his sister, Estrella’s body, raped and killed by the priest and a nun at St. Ignatius School. And, she’s not the only Native child who has disappeared. Georgia takes in the boy, and hopes to share his horrifying story with Santa Fe Sheriff Ryan McCaffrey. But, before she can, she discovers the body of Bishop Claude Peterson hanging in the church’s walled garden. And, neither George nor McCaffrey suspect suicide.

While Georgia settles in to deal with local murders, McCaffrey heads to New York where there are rumors of a church conference involving Father Coughlin, the radio priest who is anti-Semite, and Opus Dei, a dangerous international organization started in the Catholic Church.

Politics, history, Nazis in the U.S., the Church’s attempt to influence American politics. It sounds so familiar today. But, back in Santa Fe, Georgia O’Keeffe has managed to use her art to work her way into a position at St. Ignatius. She’s in a dangerous position when forces converge on the school.

As I said, I bogged down in the middle. There were so many agencies and forces coming into play. I did love Joseph, the young boy who fell in love with Georgia O’Keeffe and her books, and was able to share his visions and stories from his Native life. I guess I just wanted more of the ordinary life with Georgia and Joseph, and a little less politics. Wouldn’t that be nice right now?

A dark historical mystery featuring Georgia O'Keefe. I wasn't totally convinced that she worked in the last book but this has stepped up. Know that there's nasty language and disturbing behavior. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. An interesting read.

This book is beautifully written, and I had high hopes for it. Ultimately, though, a book full of hate speech in the mouths of villains is still a book full of hate speech. Add to that the bigoted descriptions of a woman with albinism designed to make her physically repulsive, and I had had enough. DNF.

CW: racism, anti-Semitism, ablism, child abuse, religious abuse, off-page SA.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.

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The story immerses the reader into the time, place, and injustices of the 1930s. The central character is famous artist and the world she inhabits from politics to personal tragedies. The murder is of a bishop of one of the churches who perpetrated wholesale abuse of indigenous children, and the investigation is a deep dive into the religious and governmental forms of institutional abuse. An absorbing read.
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A lovely historical murder mystery featuring the artist Georgia O’Keefe as a sleuth. Reading this book made me realize that a future visit to Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu is now on my Bucket List. I totally enjoyed reading about the historical figures and all that was happening in the 1930’s. This is a definite must read!!! I received an ARC from NetGalley, and the opinions expressed are my own.

This was a strong third entry in the Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery series, it had that feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the overall feel of this. The characters had that overall feel in this historical mystery series. It overall feel like the way Kathryn Lasky wrote this and can’t wait for more.

Thanks to NetGalley and Severn House for the opportunity to read A Slant of Light by Kathryn Lasky, the third in the Georgia O'Keeffe series. This is a wonderful series; A Slant of Light tells the sad history of how our government mistreated our Native American families.

I enjoyed historical fiction by Kathryn Lasky as a teenager so I was intrigued to try an adult novel by her. I thought that this was interesting and enjoyable to read but slightly over the top/overwritten - maybe a hangover of writing for a younger audience.