Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - Author's first novel and the first title in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series; it starts with the mysterious death of a half-Choctaw Vietnam veteran, whose body is found floating in the river. Co-winner of the Josephine Miles PEN Oakland Award for 1993 and also winner in 1995 of France's Roman Noir Award for outstanding mystery fiction. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-806124040.