<p><strong>'[A] murder mystery energized by extraordinary impassioned characters.' -Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p><strong>'Well-told and hard-hitting story.' -Messages for the Soul</strong></p><p>Fired from his job at the Tulsa Zoo 26-year-old Zane Clearwater wakes from an alcohol-and cough syrup-induced blackout to learn his mother was killed the night before in a fire in their trailer-park home.</p><br /><p>Zane has no memory of that night.</p><br /><p>Could he have set the blaze?</p><br /><p>The police have a lot of questions but so do Zane and his 14-year-old sister Lettie. When he gets a mysterious text that indicates everything his mother told him about her past was a lie Zane embarks on a journey of discovery that results in meeting his supposedly long-dead father. Jeremiah Doom has a dangerous streak as long as the Arkansas River and a shady secretive life. Zane may share his father's Cherokee blood but can he battle against the anger and violence that also lurks beneath the surface of his own skin?</p><br /><p>Is Zane destined to repeat the sins of his father?</p><p>This is the first book in the Zane Clearwater Mysteries series.</p>