Deception on All Accounts

Description

Is murder always a simple transaction? Don’t bank on it.
Sadie Walela’s life is about to be turned upside down.
One morning Sadie unlocks the door at the Mercury Savings Bank and confronts a robber who’s been lying in wait for her and her fellow employees.
He flees after stealing money and killing her coworker.
When a whirlwind of events leaves Sadie herself under suspicion| she sets out to clear her name.
This banker turned sleuth is suddenly plunged into an unfamiliar world in which people are not always as they appear-not her employer| not the homeless man she’s befriended| not the police officer who takes an interest in the case| not the man she falls in love with.
And| as she’s beginning to imagine| not even herself.
Sadie is a blue-eyed Cherokee living in northeastern Oklahoma| a half-blood who finds she sometimes has to adapt to get by in the white man’s world| much as her father’s ancestors did.
In this story of robbery| murder| love| and intrigue| she faces adversity at each bend in the road| but in the tradition of her people she adapts and moves forward–even if it means having to re-think her relationships and expectations.
Set against the backdrop of small-town Oklahoma and its Native culture| “Deception on All Accounts” draws readers into the real lives of contemporary American Indians as it shines a light on violence| corporate corruption| and prejudice in modern America.As Sadie Walela comes to terms with murder| romance| and her hopes for a career| she finds deception on all accounts.