Dakota

Brash journalist Lola Wicks chose to stay in Montana, having fallen for the sheriff and gotten a job at the local paper. Now covering the local tribal beat, she is deeply troubled about the death of Judith, a Blackfeet girl found dead in the snow. By chance, Lola learns that a number of teenagers have recently gone missing from the reservation, and she pieces together a disturbing picture of young women working as prostitutes in "the patch," an area in North Dakota where the fracking boom is centered. Lola finagles a chance to travel there, and she is stunned by the "Wild West" atmosphere; she quickly discovers that women are only valued as sexual commodities. When she pesters people to confide in her, they end up dead. Only by using a clever and dangerous ploy can Lola tip the case wide open and achieve some measure of justice.