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* SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD *

‘An addictive and authentically Native crime series’ – LOUISE ERDRICH

‘Cash Blackbear is unforgettable’ – CAROLINE HULSE

Minnesota, 1971. Renee ‘Cash’ Blackbear is a freshman at Moorhead State College. Between classes, driving trucks and policing her brother – a man who, until recently, she hadn’t seen since they were taken from the White Earth Reservation as children – Cash has little time for solving crimes with her mentor and friend Sheriff Wheaton.

When one of her classmates suddenly vanishes, the other students assume she’s simply gone home. But soon Cash’s dreams become haunted by visions of terrified girls begging for help. Then a teenager from a nearby town disappears, and Cash knows that the sheriff will need her insight if there’s any chance of finding these young women… before it’s too late.

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PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR

‘Masterfully weaves two stories in a seamless, vivid narrative… Rendon’s understated style captures the time period and sweeps the reader along * Los Angeles Review of Books * [A] winning 1970s-set series * New York Times * Rendon is writing an addictive and authentically Native crime series propelled by the irresistible Cash Blackbear – a warm, sad, sharp, funny and intuitive young Ojibwe woman. I want a shelf of Cash Blackbear novels — Louise Erdrich, author of THE NIGHT WATCHMAN Marcie writes the way Anishinaabe people view the world – full of rich descriptions and layered storytelling. While confronting difficult truths about religion and the value of Indigenous lives, Marcie shares revelatory moments of Cash awakening to her own worth — Angeline Boulley, author of FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER