In the spring of 1988, on a Native American reservation in North Dakota, a white man commits a terrible crime against a couple of Native American women, and this is the story of how the community struggles to bring him to justice. It is also the many bittersweet stories of the reservation's inhabitants and their Objibwe heritage. Louise Erdrich weaves the lives of characters from previous novels into this one, which adds depth to the background stories. This is a page-turner, and beautifully written. And not at all predictable. I highly recommend it.