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Violence
Some
Murder investigation and past violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic interest
Substance Use
Barely any
Minor substance references
Emotional Intensity
Some
Psychological complexity of a decades-old conspiracy
What this book is about
Jim Chee's debut novel sends the young tribal policeman to investigate the theft of a peyote box, a case that connects to a series of deaths reaching back thirty years. The investigation reveals a conspiracy involving oil, a catastrophic explosion, and a killer who has been hiding in plain sight.
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Murder investigation
Drug ceremony context
Violence
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