Never Name the Dead

By: D.M. Rowell

Narrated by: Katie Anvil Rich

No one called her Mud in Silicon Valley. There, she was Mae, a high-powered professional who had left her Kiowa roots behind a decade ago. But a cryptic voice message from her grandfather, James Sawpole, telling her to come home sounds so wrong that she catches the next plane to Oklahoma. She never expected to be plunged into a web of theft, betrayal, and murder.

Mud discovers a tribe in disarray. Fracking is damaging their ancestral lands, Kiowa families are being forced to sell off their artifacts, and frackers have threatened to kill her grandfather over his water rights. When Mud and her cousin Denny discover her grandfather missing, accused of stealing the valuable Jefferson Peace medal from the tribe museum—and stumble across a body in his work room—Mud has no choice but to search for answers.

Mud sets out into the Wildlife Refuge, determined to clear her grandfather's name and identify the killer. But she has no idea that she's about to embark on a vision quest that will involve deceit, greed, and a charging buffalo—or that a murderer is on her trail...

©2022 D.M. Rowell (P)2022 Dreamscape Media

Pretty good

Enjoyed the history/culture of the Kiowa. The story was pretty good, mostly a mystery not as much of a thriller.

Neat story

Very nice story. Opened my eyes to a few things so it was definitely interesting.

Worth the listen

It’s a little rough but I found myself caught up in the story, interested in the Kiowa history and customs, and, towards the end, in tears. There’s lots of heart in this book.

Horrible narrator

The story was interesting but the narrator was just horrific. I would like to listen to another of her books but not if it’s the same narrator.