Never Name the Dead
An urgent call from her grandfather starts Mud on a spiritual quest that involves theft and murder. Mud must embrace traditions to find her Way and a killer.
Book detailsA four-day spiritual quest · A contemporary mystery series
Mud Sawpole MysteriesMurder mysteries with a touch of Native American spirituality
“An immersive cultural experience with Kiowa culture and language wrapped in a mystery plot.” — Kirkus Review
The Mud Sawpole Mysteries
Four days. Four mysteries. One spiritual quest.
Mud Sawpole built a life in Silicon Valley. An urgent call from her grandfather brings her back to Kiowa country, where each day she confronts conflicts and mysteries while finding her Way to the truth.
Each novel an intriguing mystery. Together, it’s a quest.
Meet Mud Sawpole
Silent Are the Dead
Denny and Mud rush to clear a tribe elder of murder while trying to stop illegal fracking and save a precious artifact. Mud’s surrounded by snakes—some that slither and others that walk.
Book detailsEyes of
the Dead
the Dead
Eyes of the Dead
On the third day of Mud’s untraditional spiritual quest, she’s back in Silicon Valley dealing with a dead-beat partner when she stumbles on a body. Mud’s trapped with a killer—one that wants to kill again.
Book detailsBook 4
Book 4
Day four of Mud’s untraditional spiritual quest finds her in Kiowa Country. Mud’s brothers are in trouble, big trouble. Then one goes missing. Mud sees her Way, but it’s blocked by betrayals, drugs and bodies.
Book detailsA Kiowa storytelling legacy
A mystery series rooted in Kiowa storytelling.
D. M. Rowell comes from a long line of Kiowa storytellers. Her grandfather, C. E. Rowell, was an artist, Tribal Historian, Respected Elder, and the last Reader of the Dohason and Anko pictoglyph chronicles of the Kiowa Tribe.
Explore the Kiowa legacy“The story of one Kiowa storyteller lovingly told by another.”J. A. Jance, New York Times Bestselling Author