Panther Creek – A Pawnee Country Mystery Holm Paperback MP–NMX Uni of New Mexico

Panther CreekA Pawnee Country Mystery\nAuthor(s): Tom Holm\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of New Mexico Press, United States\nImprint: University of New Mexico Press\nISBN-13: 9780826366474, 978-0826366474\nSynopsis\nJ. D. Daugherty and Hoolie Smith return in this riveting 1928 mystery. A sadist is preying on young women, especially Native American girls. He murders them and dumps their bodies by two creeksone near Pawnee and one near Claremoreboth named Panther Creek.\n\nHoolie, his family, and his friend John Tall Soldier have driven to Pawnee, Oklahoma, to visit the Shield Chiefs. After Mary Shield Chief goes missing, Hoolie and John find her body in the bed of Panther Creek. Hoolie's family begin a hunt for the murderer.\n\nMeanwhile, J. D. has a new partner in Liz Shelby, daughter of oil man Big Bill Shelby. Together they search for the missing daughter of another wealthy Tulsa family, but they soon find her body at Panther Creek near Claremore.\n\nTheir cases collidi.