This novel by D.M. Rowell is a deep dive into Kiowa Indian culture as well as a murder mystery. Mae Sawpole (aka Mud) is a successful marketing entrepreneur in Silicon Valley on the eve of a huge IPO for one of her clients. Yet she flies home to Oklahoma and the Kiowa reservation in response to a plea for help from her grandfather, James Sawpole, She knows he would never ask unless it was very important and urgent. She is dragged unwillingly back into her heritage and culture when her grandfather fails to pick her up at the airport and is also missing from his home. What she finds instead is a dead body. This book is followed by a 2nd novel featuring Mae Sawpole called Silent Are the Dead, which Publishers Weekly concludes: "By the time the narrative arrives at its surprising, fair-play conclusion, readers will be convinced this series deserves a long run."
Library Journal concludes their review with this: "The mystery is secondary in this debut wrapped in Kiowa history, stories, and culture. This novel is slow-paced, but a perfect fit for a story keeper account."
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