{"product_id":"silent-are-the-dead-9781639104994","title":"Silent Are the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Kiowa woman faces new threats to her tribe and identity while struggling to keep her Silicon Valley business afloat. She must search deep within herself to find answers--and a murderer--in Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist D. M. Rowell's thrilling sequel, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWinter Counts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile back on tribal land, Mud Sawpole uncovers an illegal fracking operation underway that threatens the Kiowas' ancestral homeland. But there's an even greater threat: a local businessman involved in artifact thefts is murdered, and a respected tribe elder faces accusation of the crime. After being roped in by her cousin, Denny, they begin to investigate the death while also pursuing evidence to permanently stop frackers from destroying Kiowa land, water, and livelihoods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen answers evade her, Mud heeds her grandfather's and great-aunt's words of wisdom and embraces Kiowa tribal customs to find the answers that she seeks. But her ceremonial sweat leads to a vision with answers wrapped in more questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMud and Denny race against the clock to uncover the real killer and must face the knowledge that there may be a traitor--and a murderer--in their midst. It's already too late for one victim--and Mud may be next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) \u003c\/b\u003eis an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe in Oklahoma. Like her protagonist, Mud, she comes from a long line of Kiowa storytellers within a Plains Indian culture that treasures oral traditions. After a thirty-two-year career spinning stories for Silicon Valley start-ups and corporations, with a few escapes creating award-winning independent documentaries, Rowell started a new chapter writing the Mud Sawpole Mysteries featuring a Silicon Valley professional Kiowa woman solving thefts and murders in Kiowa country. The first in the series, \u003ci\u003eNever Name the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2023 Finalist for the Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award. The second novel in the series, \u003ci\u003eSilent Are the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, will be released November 19, 2024.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878371070226,"sku":"9781639104994","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c28fcfb-b85f-4aa5-b5c6-9282fe1b67f9.jpg?v=1738296825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/silent-are-the-dead-9781639104994","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}