Can Skinwalkers Swim?

London Book Festival Honorable Mention Best YA Fiction
Southern California Book Festival Honorable Mention
Runner Up Great Southwest Book Festival – Best Regional Literature
Runner Up Great Northwest Book Festival – Best Regional Literature
Los Angeles Book Festival Honorable Mention
San Francisco Book Festival Award
New York Book Festival Honorable Mention – Best Young Adult Fiction

A teenage girl discovers that her entire life has been a lie as would-be kidnappers and murderers stalk and attack her—and the Navajo family she did not know she was part of.

A contemporary, coming-of-age story and thriller—in the tradition of the Tony and Anne Hillerman novels—begins with the discovery of three bodies in Lake Mead, Nevada. This triggers a vendetta against Darby Donati, the rich, spoiled, and snarky daughter of the owner of one of Las Vegas’ casinos.

Darby must not only survive threats on her life, but learn why and who she really is. As a Navajo detective and FBI agents work to identify the recovered bodies, would-be assassins attack Darby and her indigenous relatives. Escaping a kidnapping attempt and following her wounded bodyguard’s orders, Darby flees to a remote holding in the middle of the Navajo Nation. There she discovers relatives she never knew she had. The friendship and care of her great-grandmother and aunt in turn leads her to question not only her identity but her entire previous way of life.