Anadarko: A Kiowa Country Mystery

by Tom Holm

Anadarko, a small bootlegger town in Oklahoma's Kiowa Country, shakes off its sleepy veneer when J.D. Daugherty, an Irish ex-cop turned private eye, and Hoolie Smith, a Cherokee war veteran, show up to investigate the mysterious disappearance of oilman and geologist Frank Shotz.

J.D. and Hoolie find their simple missing person case hides a web of murder, graft, and injustice tied to a network of bootleggers with links to the Ku Klux Klan. Set in the aftermath of the violent Tulsa race riot of 1921, Anadarko reveals a deadly and corrupt town filled with a toxic cocktail of booze, greed, and bigotry.

Tackling racial prejudice head-on, author Tom Holm expertly weaves a vivid and suspenseful tale set in Prohibition-era Indian Country. This gritty whodunit shows nothing is ever simple in the fight between good and evil.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816531811
• ISBN13: 9780816531813
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"