{"product_id":"broken-fields-9781641296588","title":"Broken Fields","description":"\u003cb\u003eCash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman and occasional sleuth, is back on the case after a man is found dead on a rural Minnesota farm in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinnesota, 1970s: It's spring in the Red River Valley and Cash Blackbear is doing fieldwork for a local farmer--until she finds him dead on the kitchen floor of the property's rented farmhouse. The tenant, a Native field laborer, and his wife are nowhere to be found, but Cash discovers their young daughter, Shawnee, cowering under a bed. The girl, a possible witness to the killing, is too terrified to speak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of the murder, Cash can't deny her intuitive abilities: she is suspicious of the farmer's grieving widow, who offers to take in Shawnee temporarily. While Cash is scouring White Earth Reservation for Shawnee's missing mother--whom Cash wants to find before the girl is put in the foster system--another body turns up. Concerned by the escalating threat, Cash races against the clock to figure out the truth of what happened in the farmhouse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBroken Fields\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling, atmospheric read woven with details of American Indian life in northern Minnesota, abusive farm labor practices and women's liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641296588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marcie R. Rendon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000539013301,"sku":"9781641296588","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_140943e0-5821-4ece-910c-bb05e2ceff00.jpg?v=1736265167","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/broken-fields-9781641296588","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}