A New Mexico nun must pray she can find a killer after murder disrupts a mass in this cozy mystery series debut by the authors of the Ella Clah novels."The Thurlos write with the same grace, savvy, and sense of place that make the Ella Clah mysteries so absorbing. Sister Agatha deserves a place with Father Brown in the gallery of canny religious sleuths." — Booklist (starred review)Once she was Professor Mary Naughton, investigativ...

Change surrounds Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah. The father of her child seems ready to be more of a father, though it will alter the rhythm of all their lives and may hurt his political career. Ella's mother, Rose, has rediscovered her passion for politics and struggles to guide her people on the best way to walk in beauty.The Dineh seem to be ready to bring casino gambling to the Rez, despite the risk that the character of the Navajo Nation will be forever altered. S...

Before the new nuclear power plant can be built, the power company must help the Navajo reclaim a long-unused uranium mine. The plan is to collapse the old shafts and refill the area with new soil, but the first explosions trigger unplanned subsidiary collapses. Ella Clah, attending the dedication and purification ceremony, acts quickly when she sees a young child sliding into the exposed tunnels. She saves his life but is herself trapped underground.A few days later, Ella, little t...

A serial killer stalks young Navajo men and women . . . and Ella Clah's family might be next in his sights, in Aimee and David Thurlo's Turquoise Girl!Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah has seen a lot of death in the decade since she returned to the Reservation, but nothing quite as bad as a series of violent murders of young Navajo. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of her days in the FBI, and she calls on Agent Blalock for help. And ...

Plant Them Deep is a stand-alone novel that complements the Ella Clah series and will deepen readers' understanding of the Navajo world.For the Navajo, to "walk in beauty"-to stay in balance with the natural world around one-is the greatest gift, and the greatest task, of one's life. For Rose Destea, to walk in beauty has meant threading a difficult path between traditionalist and modernist ways. Though she worships at the family shrine, her husband was a C...

Ella Clah is no longer an unsure young woman recently returned to the Navajo Reservation from a stint with the FBI; she has found her place in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Diné at their worst—and at their best—as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life.Ervin Benally, son-in-law of the powerful Navajo businesswoman and politician Abigail Yellowhair, plans to bring satellite telephone service to the Rez. When Benally is attacked and...

Second Sunrise is the first in a series of novels featuring Lee Nez, an undead hero who lives in a world where magic and monsters are all too real. The Thurlos' skill at evoking of Southwestern settings and Navajo philosophies and lifestyles combines with their ability to create strong plots and solid characters in this fast-paced, action-filled story of supernatural suspense.Sixty years ago New Mexico patrolman Lee Nez and his partner foiled the hijacking ...

Ella Clah has found her place on the Navajo Reservation, in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Diné at their worst—and at their best—as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life.The Navajo are building a nuclear power plant on the Reservation. Though the tribe voted for the plant, there are those who believe that nuclear power is inherently dangerous—and particularly so for the Navajo, due to past uranium mining operations that contaminat...

A construction crew found the first body. The cops found three more, in a cluster that lay on both sides of the border of the Navajo Reservation.Because some of the bodies were buried outside the Rez, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah and her team must work a delicate joint investigation with the New Mexico police. Identifying the dead isn't easy—some had been buried for years—and at first the cases look to be nothing but dead ends. Then one of the bodies turns out to be ...

Ella Clah returns in Aimee and David Thurlo's Tracking Bear . "Mystery readers who like their murders solved by applied intelligence will love Ella Clah." --Tony HillermanA group of businessmen is working to open a uranium mine and nuclear power plant on the Navajo Reservation. The NEED project will provide cheap power to the Navajo nation, employ many who are out of work, and earn income for the tribe by selling surplus power to ...

Blackening Song is the first Ella Clah novel in award-winning authors Aimée and David Thurlo's mystery series about a Navajo FBI agent assigned to solve crimes on her reservation.Ella Clah returns to the reservation to investigate the murder of her father, a minister. The ritual nature of the killing makes Ella's brother, a medicine man, the prime suspect.Without cooperation from the tribe, the FBI, or the local police, Ella must p...

Two ex-special ops agents investigate the murder of a former Albuquerque pawnshop owner in this mystery series debut by the authors of the Ella Clah series."Lethal Weapon meets Ella Clah . . . with a touch of The Fast and the Furious thrown in. This book should come with seatbelts. The Pawnbroker gives the traditional mystery a much-needed shot of adrenaline." —Lee Gol...