Wisdom Corner

By

David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Wisdom Corner is the sequel to Winter Counts, the 2021 winner of the Thriller Award for Best First Novel.
Wisdom Corner

By

David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Wisdom Corner is the sequel to Winter Counts, the 2021 winner of the Thriller Award for Best First Novel.

Virgil Wounded Horse is desperately trying to escape his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But when a legendary figure from the reservation is murdered, Virgil is forced to return to the job. Making matters more complicated, threats are coming from the Pine Ridge 705—a street gang from a neighboring reservation who want to expand their reach into Rosebud—and Mitch Gagnon, a shady politician who will stop at nothing to gain more power. With a heated tribal council election looming, as well as new revelations regarding past injustices at the local Native boarding school, the stakes grow even higher. Will Virgil find the justice he’s seeking before it’s too late?

 

 

About the Author

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, is author of Wisdom Corner (Ecco, 2026). His debut novel, Winter Counts (Ecco, 2020), was the winner of the Thriller, Anthony, Lefty, Barry, Macavity, and other awards, and named by Time as one of the best mystery novels of all time. His short fiction appears in the anthologies The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories, Never Whistle at Night, Denver Noir, The Perfect Crime, and elsewhere. He’s Professor of English and Native American Studies at Stony Brook University.

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