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Join us to discuss this month's book, 'Murder on the Red River' by Marcie R. Rendon. All are welcome, even if you haven't read the book.
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.
All are welcome, even if you haven't read 'Murder on the Red River.' If you have any questions, email us at fertile@larl.org.
The Resolute Readers Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 4:00 pm.
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We offer access to a collection of book club kits for book club meetings and other literary-focused groups. Each kit is equipped with ten copies of a work of popular fiction or non-fiction along with helpful discussion guides and tips.
AGE GROUP: | Young Adults | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs |
TAGS: | women detectives | Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.) | Red River of the North | Red River | Red Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.) | Ojibwa Indians | mystery | murder | Cash Blackbear | 1970s |
The Fertile Public Library is tucked inside the Duane Knutson Community Center on Mill Street across the street from the Main Street Station & Deli. The Fertile Library is a large one-room library with access to a small meeting room and auditorium that can be reserved through the city office and 24-hour access to WiFi.
