The Tishomingo Hotel, an old railroad hotel that has seen better days, sits on the boundary between South Tulsa and North, white Tulsa and black, respectively. Four of its black and white residents guard secrets of the 1921 Tulsas Massacre that are dangerous to hold, deadly to disclose. Opposing them is the menacing, wealthy, and powerful businessman Asher Dodd, who has some secrets of his own, one of which directly threatens one of the residents. Who will outwit whom - and how - in this explosive encounter? Book jacket.