Murder on the Red River
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One Book, One Minnesota Selection for Summer 2021
Introducing Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman whose visions and grit help solve a brutal murder in this award-winning debut.
1970s, Red River Valley between North Dakota and Minnesota: Renee “Cash” Blackbear is 19 years old and tough as nails. She lives…
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Murder on the Red River is a historical mystery set in 1970s Fargo and western Minnesota.
The protagonist is a young Native American woman who is a grain truck driver and expert pool player. Cash grew up in a series of unhappy foster homes and is disconnected from her family. Her one constant is a sheriff who rescued her as a young child and continues to watch over her. Cash sometimes helps him solve cases.
Viet Nam is in the background. The racism, alcoholism, despair of Native Americans stuck in the reservation, and generational injustices of Native Americans keep the…
From Candace's list on historical stories with great character development.
We Americans are obsessed with mysteries from TV to Film to Books. And I am obsessed with the young sleuth, Cash Blackbear, the unlikely shero of Marcie R. Rendon. To date, there are three Blackbear mysteries: Murder on the Red River, Girl Gone Missing, and Sinister Graves. Blackbear did not have an enchanted childhood, but she not only survives—she thrives and solves cases with the astuteness, curiosity, and moxie of the most seasoned detective. Set in Northern Minnesota in the 1970s, the series heroine is 19, totally independent, hard-working, and somewhat of a pool hustler. Her one friend, Sherriff…
From Yvonne's list on unlearning stereotypes about Indigenous peoples.
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