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• Blood Relay

  a Novel

  Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957-

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  Mihesuah is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation and a Chickasaw descendant. A professor and historian, she teaches Indigenous Studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. This contemporary mystery features a tough Choctaw heroine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mask of the Deer Woman

  Dove, Laurie L.,

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  Dove is Indigenous by heritage, but she was adopted as an infant by a Mennonite family. She is a journalist and an adjunct professor who currently lives and writes in Kansas. Her suspenseful series features former Chicago police detective Carrie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood Sisters

  Lillie, Vanessa,

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  Lillie is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and identifies as two-spirit (and lesbian). Her heroine Syd Walker is a lesbian Cherokee archaeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in fast-paced thrillers with relationship tensions, a focus on missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redemption

  ON ORDER

  Ledford, Deborah J. ON ORDER

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  Ledford's heritage includes Eastern Band Cherokee. “After four women disappear from the Taos Pueblo reservation, Deputy Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran dives into the case. For her, it's personal. Among the missing is her best friend, Paloma, a heroin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Name the Dead

  a Novel

  Rowell, D. M.

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  Donna M. Rowell is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. This is her debut, starring an amateur detective and a focus on ancestral stories and a contemporary battle over hydraulic fracturing and water rights on Oklahoma tribal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shutter

  Emerson, Ramona, 1973-

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  Emerson has Diné or Navajo heritage. Her gritty series stars Diné forensic photographer Rita Todacheene in Albuquerque, New Mexico with the ability to learn from the ghosts of crime victims in gritty and suspenseful investigations.

• The Peacekeeper

  ON ORDER : a Novel

  Blanchard, B. L. ON ORDER

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  Blanchard is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a federally-recognized tribe. The Peacekeeper earned the Sidewise Award for Best Long Form and A Michigan Notable Books selection. “Against the backdrop of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death at Rainy Mountain

  Medawar, Mardi Oakley

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  Medawar has Cherokee heritage. This series features a Kiowa healer and amateur detective in 19th century Texas.

• Murder on the Red River

  Rendon, Marcie R.

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  Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation. She earned the Pinckley Women's Debut Crime Novel Award for this book. This lyrical and spare coming-of-age mystery series stars amateur sleuth, Ojibwa heroine Renee “Cash” Blackbear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scalp Dance

  a Sam Chitto Mystery

  Clifton, Lu,

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  Clifton has Choctaw heritage. Her richly detailed police procedurals are set on the Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma.

• Every Last Secret

  a Mystery

  Rodriguez, Linda

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  Rodriguez has Cherokee heritage and lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a Malice Domestic award for this debut. This police procedural stars a Cherokee heroine, a worthy choice for fans of tough female detectives like V.I. Warshawski by Sara…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder Casts a Shadow

  a Hawai'i Mystery

  Kneubuhl, Victoria N. (Victoria Nalani)

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  Kneubuhl’s heritage includes Samoan and Hawaiian family. Her cozy mysteries feature amateur sleuths of Polynesian descent and a rich sense of 1930s Hawaii and recognition of indigenous lands.