The Horned Owl: A Sam Chitto Mystery

Chitto first hears about Bobby Taneyhill from two concerned members of the Choctaw Nation Tribal Council, one of whom is his mother, Mattie Chitto. She and June Biggers want him to help the teen, who's been charged with first-degree murder for the mutilation death of 33-year-old Muriel Simpson. Authorities are discounting an alibi supplied by Bobby's tribal-elder grandfather, Charlie Walker, and instead rely on circumstantial evidence: the boy's graphic novels, which are filled with savage imagery that he drew. The murder victim had worked at the Spiro Mounds Archeology Center, near where Chitto's cop father, Will and Will's partner, Bert Gilly, were murdered 10 years ago. Chitto's boss, Dan Blackfox, allows him to pursue a low-profile investigation into Bobby's case, which is currently in trial, but he tells him to avoid his father's. Regardless, Chitto delves into both from a rented cabin near the Spiro Mounds--Back cover.

• | Author: Lu Clifton
• | Publisher: Two Shadows
• | Publication Date: Feb 19, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 316 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0998528420
• | ISBN-13: 9780998528427