Death Along the Spirit Road

by C M Wendelboe

Overview

First in the Spirit Road Mystery series!

Eighteen years ago, FBI agent Manny Tanno thought he was leaving the impoverished Pine Ridge Reservation for good. Now a case forces him to return, digging up memories of his proud Sioux ancestry-and some family he'd rather forget...

The body of local Native land developer Jason Red Cloud is found on the site of his new resort near Pine Ridge Village. A war club is lodged in his skull, and there are clues that suggest a ritual may have been performed at the crime scene. Agent Tanno's boss orders him to return to the reservation, his former home, and solve the murder in two weeks-or he can kiss his job goodbye.

Manny arrives in Pine Ridge to find that some things haven't changed since he left. His former rival, now in charge of the tribal police, is just as bitter as ever, and he has no intention of making Manny's life easy. And the spirit of Red Cloud haunting Manny's dreams is not much help either. Now Manny is on his own in hunting down a cold-blooded killer-and one misstep could send him down the Spirit Road next...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645992073
Publisher:	Encircle Publications, LLC
Publication date:	08/18/2021
Series:	Spirit Road Mystery , #1
Pages:	294
Sales rank:	1,013,028
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

C. M. Wendelboe entered the law enforcement profession when he was discharged from the Marines as the Vietnam war was winding down. In the 1970s, his career included assisting federal and tribal law enforcement agencies embroiled in conflicts with American Indian Movement activists in South Dakota. He moved to Gillette, Wyoming, and found his niche, where he remained a sheriff's deputy for more than twenty-five years. During his thirty-eight-year career in law enforcement he had served successful stints as police chief, policy adviser, and other supervisory roles for several agencies. Yet he always has felt most proud of "working the street." He was a patrol supervisor when he retired to pursue his true vocation as a fiction writer. Wendelboe is a prolific author of murder mysteries with a Western flair, as well as traditional Westerns. He writes the Spirit Road Mysteries, the Bitter Wind Mystery series, the Nelson Lane Frontier Mysteries, and the Tucker Ashley Western Adventure series.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Wendelboe's Spirit Road Mysteries:

"With Lakota FBI agent Manny Tanno, Wendelboe has introduced a powerful new character to Western crime fiction."

-Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author

"Lakota FBI agent Manny Tanno is among the most compelling sleuths you're likely to meet."

-Margaret Coel, New York Times bestselling author

"Wendelboe has attained master's status as a crafter of fine fiction. Finely drawn, fascinating characters, a feel for the land, and some of the sharpest dialog in crime fiction..."

-Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, New York Times bestselling authors

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