Coyote Alibi

Naomi Manymules is a Navajo. Divorced, thirty-something mom of two with half a paralegal certificate, she bluffs her way into a new career. Smart and feisty, Naomi knows just about everything that goes on in Sage Landing and is the perfect person to nudge a reluctant attorney into getting serious about practicing the law.Grant Carson is a cynical, handsomely-scruffy ex-prosecutor who escaped the city to find his paradise in a remote lakeside town in the upper Grand Canyon. Perched on a red, sandstone mesa between a mighty dam, the Navajo Nation, and canyons filled with crystal blue water, it's the perfect place for him to devote his time to the passion of his life, his old yacht the Deep Inn. That is, until Naomi decides he should do otherwise.Out for a late-night walk, Naomi pauses by a lakeside cliff for a moonlit moment when gunshots shatter the quiet night from below. The next day, her lifelong friend, Ellen, is the prime suspect for the murder of her sleazy, abusive husband who turned up naked and dead in the lake.Questioned by the police, Ellen offers only a coyote as her alibi, but it makes perfect sense. She had to drive the long way home after a coyote crossed her path to the east, a Navajo omen not to be ignored. The police, however, have her and aren’t inclined to look much further.Sure of her friend's innocence, Naomi convinces Grant to represent Ellen. With wicked humor and a big helping of snark, they navigate through a colorful assortment of petty criminals, surly teenagers, prominent locals, likable polygamists, and a big-city mobster or two. It’s only a matter of time before they become targets themselves.Coyote Alibi is a quirky, laugh-out-loud, small-town mystery with suspense, sass, unexpected twists and turns, and suspects...