The American Cafe
A Cherokee woman takes over a small-town diner and is promptly blamed for a murder.
Sadie Walela takes over a small Oklahoma diner and finds herself suspected of murdering the previous owner, in a town where being Cherokee is unremarkable but being an outsider is not. Hoklotubbe, a Cherokee writer, uses the mystery to work through community secrets, land and belonging, and the series has won multiple awards for exactly that.
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Anne Hillerman
Like most of her customers and the townsfolk, Sadie is Cherokee, but she's an outsider. To solve the crime, she dives into the secrets of her community. Hoklotubbe, a Cherokee herself, writes with heart, grace, and joy.
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