Anadarko: A Kiowa Country Mystery

Anadarko, a small bootlegger town in Oklahoma's Kiowa Country, shakes off its sleepy veneer when J.D. Daugherty, an Irish ex-cop turned private eye, and Hoolie Smith, a Cherokee war veteran, show up to investigate the mysterious disappearance of oilman and geologist Frank Shotz.

J.D. and Hoolie find their simple missing person case hides a web of murder, graft, and injustice tied to a network of bootleggers with links to the Ku Klux Klan. Set in the aftermath of the violent Tulsa race riot of 1921, Anadarko reveals a deadly and corrupt town filled with a toxic cocktail of booze, greed, and bigotry.

Tackling racial prejudice head-on, author Tom Holm expertly weaves a vivid and suspenseful tale set in Prohibition-era Indian Country. This gritty whodunit shows nothing is ever simple in the fight between good and evil.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 10/01/2015
ISBN: 9780816531813
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/24/2015
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2015 pg. 95
Foreword 02/29/2016