Medicine Wheel

A murder trial would normally be of little interest to Thad Locke, who escaped the "family disease" of law wrangling, but two women—one the accused murderess, the other a member of her defense team—have intertwined themselves with both Thad and his lawyering family.

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Will Kirsten Cavelle be the first woman sent to the gallows in the state of Kansas? As some members of the community seek to take the law into their own hands, will she even live to see the end of the trial? As the trial unfolds, secrets from the past are revealed, lives are changed forever, and a little known piece of land grows to have resonance far beyond its size.

Set amongst the Kansas Flint Hills and the growing city of Manhattan in the 1880s, Medicine Wheel further explores the stories of the Locke family, first introduced in the author's novel, Last Will.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 360 pages

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