Murder on the Red River (Paperback)

Paperback. Plt;bPgt;Set in 1970s along Red River Valley, Marcie R. RendonP#8217;s gripping new mystery follows the life of a young Ojibwe woman as she struggles to come to terms with the callous murder of a Native American stranger, bringing to life the gritty, dark reality of a flawed foster care system and the oppression of indigenous people. Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;One Book, One Minnesota Selection for Summer 2021Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Introducing Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman whose visions and grit help solve a brutal murder in this award-winning debut.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt; Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt; 1970s, Red River Valley between North Dakota and Minnesota: Renee P#8220;CashP#8221; Blackbear is 19 years old and tough as nails. She lives in Fargo, North Dakota, where she drives truck for local farmers, drinks beer, plays pool, and helps solve criminal investigations through the power of her visions. She has one friend, Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, who helped her out of the broken foster care system. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; One Saturday morning, Sheriff Wheaton is called to investigate a pile of rags in a field and finds the body of an Indian man. When Cash dreams about the dead manP#8217;s weathered house on the Red Lake Reservation, she knows thatP#8217;s the place to start looking for answers. Together, Cash and Wheaton work to solve a murder that stretches across cultures in a rural community traumatized by racism, genocide, and oppression. Includes an excerpt from Girl gone missing. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…