Where They Last Saw Her: A Novel BY Marcie R. Rendon

From the acclaimed author of the Cash Blackbear series comes a gripping and poignant novel about Quill, a Native American woman from the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota. Her entire life, Quill has seen the dangers that face women like her. As a young girl, she witnessed the tragic death of Jimmy Sky, and since then, she’s felt like she’s been running—never escaping the shadows of her past.

Now, training for the Boston Marathon in the woods one early morning, Quill hears a blood-chilling scream. Returning to the spot, she finds only tire tracks and a single beaded earring, but no sign of the woman in distress. When news arrives of another woman’s disappearance, Quill feels a rising urgency to act.

With the support of her unyielding friends, Punk and Gaylyn, and her loving family—her husband Crow and their two children—Quill begins to investigate the group of men working on the nearby pipeline construction. As she digs deeper into the mystery of the missing women, more disappearances follow, driving her determination to seek justice.

In her pursuit of answers, Quill faces harsh realities about her community and the authorities who are supposed to protect it. Her quest forces her to confront the insidious effects of a culture that turns a blind eye to violence, the rippling consequences of a single crime, and the profound trauma of invisibility. Through her bravery, the novel probes deeply into questions of justice, community, and the fight against complacency.