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  • Murder on the Red River

  • The Cash Blackbear Mysteries, Book 1
  • By: Marcie R. Rendon
  • Narrated by: Siiri Scott
  • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (161 ratings)
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Murder on the Red River

By: Marcie R. Rendon
Narrated by: Siiri Scott
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Summary

A murdered man in a field. The sheriff needs Cash - a 20-something tough, smart Indian woman with special seeing powers.

Cash and Sheriff Wheaton make for a strange partnership. He pulled her from her mother's wrecked car when she was 3. He's kept an eye out for her ever since. It's a tough place to live - northern Minnesota along the Red River. Cash navigated through foster homes, and at 13 was working farms. She's tough as nails, 5 feet, 2 inches, blue jeans, blue jean jacket, smokes Marlboros, drinks Bud Longnecks. Makes her living driving truck. Playing pool on the side. 

Wheaton is big lawman type. Maybe Scandinavian stock, but darker skin than most. He wants her to take hold of her life. Get into junior college. So there they are, staring at the dead Indian lying in the field. Soon Cash was dreaming the dead man's cheap house on the Red Lake Reservation, mother and kids waiting. She has that kind of power. That's the place to start looking. There's a long and dangerous way to go to find the men who killed him. Plus there's Jim, the married white guy. And Long Braids, the Indian guy headed for Minneapolis to join the American Indian Movement.

©2017 Marcie R. Rendon (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

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Terrible

This is just an advert for Marlboro and Budweiser,the narrator sounds like she’s falling asleep and the story is non existent, go take up watching paint dry it’s better use of your time.

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I wish I was as resilient as Cash

Very enjoyable small town murder mystery with great characters. Looking forward to listening to the others in the series.

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Narration

unfortunately I only managed two chapters ....I couldn't listen to the narration any longer,her bored monotone ruined what should have been a great story!

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Listen for more than the mystery

I am always seeking out good mysteries. Most of the female amateur sleuth stories i have the following traits:
- Agatha Christie wannabees (including using racist and classist language)
- centred on white middle/upper class women
- if set in "exotic" locations, indigenous people are only a backdrop.

This story centres a young indigenous woman whose personal and community's experience of state violence means she has more going on than worrying about her weight.

Wished I'd found this a long time ago!

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Marvellous

Marvellous story - marvellous narration.
I tried this on a hunch and was completely drawn in.

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Very enjoyable

Well read, great characters with some good lines, interesting themes, looking forward to the next one

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Compelling

Surprised myself by how much I enjoyed this one. The character drew me in, the historical backdrop ok the treatment of children also worthwhile.

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Excellent

Absolutely wonderful book beautifully read by Siiri Scott. Her voice really pulled me into the story. How terrible to hear what authority did to families. This has happened in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and many other countries. Thank you for this excellent book.

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Excellent

I loved this story - I was not expecting such a brilliantly written storyline. A nice freebie from Audible

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So compelling

A lot of sadness and the plight of the children even though it was fiction struck home how much the Native American Indians had to put up with. Enjoyed it but would have liked a bit more cheerfulness.

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