All the Best Cowboys are Indians-A Novel Part A - Paperback

A Utah senator has been murdered. Who did it, and why is the FBI desperate to keep it out of the public eye? All the Best Cowboys are Indians is an immersive, intricate, mystery thriller that spans continents, carries readers to exotic and unexpected places they never knew existed, and introduces a cast of vivid, sharply drawn characters. Told in two parts, this first part scores with a vivid narrative.

The victim, a well-connected Republican operative, lies dead in the spa bathtub at his Washington D.C. penthouse, his corpse partially submerged in crude oil instead of water. Agent Claire Vuckovic is on the job, and she instinctively finds the vibe around the crime scene far more unsettling than any of the many murder cases she has investigated. She is an FBI veteran with extensive experience and a penchant for relying on her intuition, sometimes at the expense of the considerable scientific investigative tools at her disposal.

The list of suspects and motives are long from the start. Alaska Senator Cal Mangan and his allies on Capitol Hill stand to gain billions through expanded access to federal land and carefully targeted private holdings. Grazing, water, mining, petroleum, and rare earth mineral rights all offer fortunes worth killing for and powerful interests seem poised to exploit the American West once again to fuel the coming AI and Green Revolutions. Mangan's foes wish to strike back at their rivals in a war for control, and they just might have done so.

Agent Claire becomes convinced that more victims will follow. As they do, the motives of a serial killer grow murkier, leaving her task force struggling for answers. To the Indigenous tribes and people tied to the case, there is no mystery. They are certain the killer is no ordinary person, but a shapeshifter summoned from their mystical past, bent on revenge.

If the threat is truly supernatural, how can Claire hope to stop it? She must solve the case while facing pressure from a paranoid president, who fears Mangan and his allies are really trying to seize power, and from media-hungry FBI superiors who may hinder more than help. Can the killer be found and stopped before inspiring copycat attacks? Is the burden all too great for this accomplished woman and her task force?