Drums along the Fox
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Suddenly there was a scream of terror from inside the car that was behind Louie’s Cadillac in the drive-thru lane. Unfortunately for Louie that car’s window also rolled down. “Jesus H. Christ! Call the police! That son of a bitch looks dead!” Without giving it a moment’s thought, Louie immediately assumed the driver behind him was talking about him. He looked into the Cadillac’s rearview mirror at his own reflection to check on his appearance. Stepping out of the Cadillac, Louie walked around to the trunk and was greeted by the sight of a dead adult male approximately late thirties with bullet holes in his abdomen and head area. He was apparently dead. Real dead. Worst yet, he was in the trunk of the Cadillac that had been stolen from a funeral home in Shawano, Wisconsin. All Louie could do was bend over and vomit on his new loafers. At 9:15 A.M. the last of a dozen or so marked police cars finished pulling up at Awesome Burger. At approximately 9:20 A.M. Louie was now in the back seat of one of the police cars, and the air conditioner was not running although the car’s engine was. With the outside speakers on some of the police cars, Louie couldn’t hear himself think. Nor could he breathe well with the smell of his own vomiting on his shoes. A portion of his dentures laid on the ground by the Cadillac. Every cop who showed up wanted to bet the dead guy in the car’s trunk was either Hispanic or Native American. Finally, an unmarked police car with a detective in it arrived. The detective put on surgical gloves and took the wallet out of the dead guy’s pants pocket. The wallet contained a thousand dollars in large bills. The detective solved one mystery by announcing the dead guy’s I.D., for now anyway, as one Tony Tall Bear, a recently deceased male Indian from Wisconsin. Other than the fact this guy had been shot several times, he was wearing very expensive shoes and an expensive handmade shoulder holster. No weapon was discovered at the scene. Not your run of the mill gang banger shooting.
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Thomas Cobb, author of Academy Award winning film Crazy Heart, reviewed White Doe and said, “Rick Church has written a wise and witty thriller, full of breathless encounters and dark, dry humor. It’s a fine read.” Arizona based native American ex-cop and private investigator Noel two Horses, agrees to accept a stolen vehicle public defender case at the urging of his partner Clair Blue Crow. However, the defendant is also charged with the murder of the corpse found in the car’s trunk. When the driver’s older brother agrees to finance the defense of his kid brother the case rapidly transitions into a spinning maze of multiple drug cartel related homicides. The two investigators hide their client from the cartel while trying to establish his innocence to the court. The task may be insurmountable when it is discovered that he and his older brother shared a long drug cartel history. Drums along the Fox is the fourth book in the Noel Two Horses series. Other books in the Noel Two Horse series include White Doe, War Party, Counting Coup, Bear Child, Dark Bull and Dog Soldier.
About the Author
Roland Rick Church is an enrolled member of the Stockbridge Munsee Mohican Nation. He is a Marine Corps combat veteran of Vietnam. 26 years of law enforcement experience with 6 different agencies. He is a graduate of the F.B.I. Academy Command College Quantico and has a master’s degree in forensic psychology and has taught Criminal Justice for 4 different colleges including Menominee Tribal College in Wisconsin. He is a Police & Fire Commissioner for his tribe and enjoys speaking at cultural events, book signings and doing voice-over work.