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Plant Them Deep

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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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 Christian preacher. Though her son, Clifford Destea, is a respected hataalii or medicine man, her daughter, Ella Clah, is a Special Investigator with the Navajo Police and a former FBI agent. After decades as a wife, mother, and grandmother, Rose has become a tribal activist. Briefly in the national spotlight when she spoke against bringing casino gambling to the Navajo Reservation, Rose now works to guide not just her family but the whole tribe into a balanced future. When Navajo healers and members of the Plant Watchers society report that healing plants sacred to the Navajo are disappearing from the Rez, the tribal council asks Rose to catalog the plants and their growing places. She faces strong opposition from hataaliis reluctant to reveal their secret herb-gathering spots and from people who think the Rez should cultivate genetically engineered plants instead of native species. Rose finds evidence that many plants have been stolen-plants that may be valuable in the growing market for alternative and natural medications. Rose's home is burgled and her plant notes stolen. Adding to her worries is the serious illness of an old friend and the apparent extinction of a plant essential to the healing ritual that is the sick woman's only hope of a cure. Then a Navajo man is found dead, apparently of a heart attack; Rose is convinced that he was murdered by the plant thief. Rose has picked up a trick or two from her police officer daughter; she begins an independent investigation that soon has her up to her neck in trouble. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Looking Through Darkness

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Looking Through Darkness

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Few writers have captured the flavor of the American Southwest better than Aimee and David Thurlo, in both mysteries and romantic suspense. Josephine Buck runs a trading post just off the Navajo Reservation. Widow Leigh Ann Vance is Jo's right-hand-woman, filling the emptiness in her own life. Shortly after her husband, Kurt, was killed, Leigh Ann discovered he had been having a string of affairs. Leigh Ann's trust issues affect her feelings for blind sculptor Melvin Littlewater. Kurt's business partners accuse Leigh Ann of helping Kurt embezzle and the police wonder if Leigh Ann killed him. When she turns to Melvin for help, she finds him fighting his own demons, haunted by memories of a young girl he saw moments before the car crash that cost him his sight. Together, Leigh Ann and Melvin delve into the darkest moments of their pasts, searching for truth and light. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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False Witness

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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False Witness

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

A simple investigative task for Sister Agatha turns out to be her deadliest situation yet when a stolen SUV crashes through the monastery's walls. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Martin's Press.

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0312993714

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Prey for a Miracle

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Prey for a Miracle

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Sister Agatha is an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery near a small New Mexican desert town. As such, Sister Agatha is the link between her cloistered sisters and the outside world. Usually this means running errands in the monastery's slowly dying car (dubbed the Anti-Chrystler) or their motorcycle, with Pax, the order's German Shepard, in the side car. But sometimes it means something a bit more -- like now when the diocese is upset by reports of a young girl whose parents claim is receiving visitations from the Virgin Mary and providing insight into future events. Wanting neither to ignore a real miracle, nor give credence to what might be merely an attempt to defraud the faithful, they ask Sister Agatha to investigate. But her inquires are soon complicated when the girl herself disappears, apparently having been kidnapped, and Sister Agatha will need more than faith to bring her home.

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Second Sunrise

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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Second Sunrise

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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 of an American military convoy transporting nuclear material. At the end of the firefight, all of the soldiers and Lee's partner were dead-and Lee's life was forever transformed. Now a nightwalker, the Navajo equivalent of a vampire, Lee lives with one foot in the human world and one in a world full of monsters. In 2002, Lee Nez is a cop again, now known as Leonard Hawk. His more-than-human abilities have made him the target of murderous Navajo witches-skinwalkers-who want his powers for themselves. When cool, capable FBI agent Diane Lopez questions Lee about an incident on the Navajo Reservation, Lee can't tell her than the people he killed that night were skinwalkers out for his blood. Lee and Diane are attacked by a wolf pack. Diane is stunned when the wolf she shoots shapeshifts into a woman before dying. On the run, Lee tells Diane of his true nature-and that he is convinced the vampire who made him one of the undead has returned to New Mexico in the guise of German Air Force pilot Wolfgang Muller. Muller has been much too close to the place where Lee hid the plutonium six decades ago-a trap for the vampire, set with the inhuman patience of a nightwalker. Using police and FBI resources as well as Navajo healing magics and his own supernatural powers, Lee and Diane hunt for Muller and his undead offspring. Muller was to sell the nuclear material to the highest bidder-what does he care if some humans blow up some other humans, as long as he can find fresh sources of blood? When Muller takes Diane captive, Lee swears he won't lose another partner to the vampire's evil. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Thief in Retreat

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Thief in Retreat

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Sister Agatha is one of two extern nuns in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery near the small desert town of Bernalillo, New Mexico. An investigative journalist before entering the monastery, now, as an extern it is Sister Agatha's role to be the link between her cloistered sisters and the outside world. It is the skills from both her past and current lives that she must bring to the task assigned to her by the Archbishop of her diocese. At a former monastery, closed and sold by the diocese and now operating as a hotel and business retreat, there are a series of mysterious goings on. Several valuable pieces of southwestern folk art owned by the diocese and left on loan in the retreat have been stolen and replaced by replicas. After an art expert was called in to verify the remaining collection, he too disappeared without a trace. And then, there is the ghost - the restless spirit rumored to wander the halls of the resort. At the request of the Archbishop, Sister Agatha's must now discreetly investigate the doings at the former monastery and make sure that an unwanted scandal is not about to engulf the diocese. But she soon learns that something even more sinister than a ghost is loose in the retreat and it is up to Sister Agatha to unravel the puzzle before the consequences turn deadly.

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Grave Consequences

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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Grave Consequences

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

Charlie Henry, former Special Forces operative and newly minted pawnbroker, thinks that he's finally turned a corner and the calm, quiet life he's always wanted is just ahead. But life never really works out that way. A young Navajo man comes into Charlie's shop, FOB Pawn, claiming that his girlfriend mistakenly pawned a beautiful family heirloom, a turquoise necklace that she desperately needs back. When he's unable to produce any proof of this tale, Charlie is immediately suspicious and sticks by the golden pawnbroker rule: No claim ticket, no exchange. Then the young man returns with reinforcements—and guns—making it abundantly clear that there's more to this story than a family treasure. This necklace quickly becomes the focus of a case where everyone lies, and every question seems to answer with gunfire. With the help of his semi-estranged brother, Alfred, a tribal cop working undercover, Charlie quickly finds out that the pendant was the work of a Navajo silversmith who was recently murdered. And, in an act so taboo in Navajo culture as to be unthinkable, his grave dug up and this piece of jewelry removed. With multiple parties vying to get their hands on the necklace—for what ill-gotten gains, no one knows—it's up to Charlie and his comrades-in-arms to help find out who's really telling the truth, and uncover the mysteries that this heirloom holds.

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A Time of Change

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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A Time of Change

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

A Time of Change is a perfect example of the Thurlos's ability to combine passion with tension as they introduce readers to Josephine Buck and other employees at a New Mexico trading post. When The Outpost's owner dies, Josephine, a young Navajo woman, is shocked to discover that Tom Stuart, whom she thought of as a surrogate father, has left her the business. Ben Stuart and his dad had had problems, but military service changed Ben for the better and put the two men back in each other's lives. His father's sudden death ends any possibility of a true reconciliation and leaves Ben fuming at being disinherited. Suspecting that Jo had an affair with his father, Ben is determined to get control of the trading post. Jo's hataalii training shows her that Ben is wounded in both body and soul, and she becomes determined to help him. As Jo and Ben move toward a deeper understanding of each other, they learn that Tom Stuart was murdered and that the trading post at the center of their lives holds many secrets. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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The Pawnbroker

A Mystery

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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The Pawnbroker

A Mystery

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

Charlie Henry is the proud new owner of the Three Balls pawnshop, having recently returned Stateside from special-ops work in Iraq. The transition back to normal life seems to be going smoothly for him and his Army buddy and co-owner of the shop, Gordon Sweeney—until Gina, Charlie's childhood friend, gets shot in a transaction for information from the previous owner of Three Balls. Gordon rushes to help Gina as she bleeds on the sidewalk, while Charlie roars off on a chase to catch the shooter. The shooter gets away, and as they dig deeper, they find that the shooting has to do with Howard Baza, the previous owner of the pawnshop, and his rather questionable morals. The Albuquerque Police Department reluctantly lets the two ex-soldiers lend a hand with the investigation. Along the way they get tangled up in gang rivalries and led astray by false identities. They discover that nothing is what it seems, and almost no one is who they appear to be.

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Turquoise Girl

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Turquoise Girl

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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 that's not the only link to Ella's past—clues indicates that Ella's father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder. Working long hours, desperate to identify and stop the serial killer before he strikes again, Ella manages to squeeze in a few dates with Reverend Bilford Tome. Ella's father was a man of the cloth as well—is Ella following her mother's path, falling for a man whose faith she does not share? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1429949775

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Changing Woman

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Changing Woman

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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. Speaking eloquently against the proposal, Rose becomes a national celebrity. Ella has no time to think about how these changes will affect her and her two-year-old daughter. The Navajo Police Force is combating an increasingly violent wave of vandalism, always two steps behind despite their best efforts. Events come to a head with the terrorist takeover of a coal mine and power plant on the Reservation. Ella must keep the terrorists from blowing up the power plant-but how can she focus on being a cop when her daughter is missing? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1429981776

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Tracking Bear

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Tracking Bear

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Discovering a link between the murder of a Navajo police officer and the plans for a new power plant, Navajo Police investigator Ella Clah tries to figure out who has been killing the people who oppose the plant's construction.

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0765343967

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Shooting Chant

A Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Shooting Chant

A Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Have the pregnant Navajo women at a health clinic been exposed to whatever is causing the rise in birth defects among the livestock? To Ella Clah, that question is very important--she is pregnant. And she has lost her greatest ally--her brother, a medicine man, has sided with her foes.

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Prey for a Miracle

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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False Witness

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Faith

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Faith

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Once she was Professor Mary Naughton, investigative reporter, teacher, and free spirit. Now she is Sister Agatha of Our Lady of Hope, a cloistered, financially-struggling monastery in New Mexico. As an extern-a nun who handles her order's dealings with the outside world-she is used to having her faith and newly-acquired patience tested. But when popular chaplain Father Anselm is poisoned to death in the middle of Mass, Sister Agatha has to bring all her worldly skepticism and savvy instincts to uncover the truth before scandal and unjust suspicion destroy Our Lady of Hope's future. She's up against a hostile local sheriff, an ex-lover who's never forgiven her for 'abandoning' their life together. She's got no shortage of suspects-with-secrets outside-and inside-the monastery. And she'll have to race the clock to stop one remorseless murderer before there's more hell to pay...

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1429909587

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Coyote's Wife

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Coyote's Wife

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Though spectator and player security has always been a priority for sport and facility managers at all levels, large-scale threats such as terrorism or natural disasters have become even more critical management concerns. Proactive sport and facility managers understand the role they must take in working with local law enforcement, contracted security personnel, and their own employees to adequately plan for and respond to threats--both manmade and natural. "Security Management for Sports and Special Events: An Interagency Approach to Creating Safe Facilities "presents a systematic approach to stadium and venue security. Unlike traditional risk management books that present guidelines to promote safety and discourage litigation in sport and recreation settings, "Security Management for Sports and Special" "Events" deals specifically with natural disasters, terrorism, crowd control problems, and other large-scale threats. As sport and facility managers seek to broaden their building management capabilities, this text offers detailed guidance in improving the quality, coordination, and responsiveness of security protocols within their facilities. With this text, sport and facility managers examine the concerns and challenges to security and emergency planning for both sport and non-sport events held at their facilities. "Security Management for Sports and Special Events "offers an organized explanation of event security to support the planning, implementation, and communication of security and emergency plans to staff and game-day hires as well as the assessment of emergency preparation. Drawing on numerous examples from both in and out of sport, readers will consider the challenges, solutions, best practices, and prescriptions for coordinating the efforts of staff, law enforcement, and security personnel. Readers will find an array of tools that assist in understanding and implementing the material presented: -Case studies at the end of each chapter and "Lessons Learned" sections that summarize and apply the information to a real-world scenario -Chapter goals and application questions that provide a clear map for the chapter and promote critical thinking of the issues -Sidebars throughout the text that provide examples of important current issues in sport and event security management -Reproducible checklists, forms, and additional resources that help in designing and implementing plans -More than 20 appendix items, including key guidelines, checklists, and needs assessments Emphasizing interagency development and a team approach to sport event security management, "Security Management" "for Sports and Special Events" allows sport and facility managers to lessen risk, control insurance costs, and uphold the integrity of their facilities through security management procedures. The text is developed according to the requirements of the Department of Homeland Security's National Incident Management System (NIMS) and serves as the manual for managers seeking to achieve the SESA Seal of Approval offered by the University of Southern Mississippi's National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4). Developed by the authors and the only dedicated research facility for sport security management, NCS4 is on the cutting edge of researching and assessing game-day operations for security and crisis management. "Security Management for Sports and Special Events" is a practical resource for identifying and managing potential threats to fans' and players' safety. With proper protocols in place and a coordinated response, sport and facility professionals can ensure the safety of participants and spectators from terrorism, natural disasters, and other potential encounters.

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Red Mesa

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Red Mesa

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is forced to go on the run, with the FBI and her fellow Navajo Police in hot pursuit, after she is accused in the murder of her cousin and fellow officer, Justine Goodluck, and sets out to risk everything to uncover the truth about Justine's death.

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Wind Spirit

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Wind Spirit

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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 the worse for her nightmarish near-death experience, is checking out reports of vandalism and arson. It seems that gun control advocates on the Rez have made some enemies-enemies who soon kill for the first time, when an arson fire claims the life of the wife of a Navajo Councilmember. The home of local radio host George Branch--who may have incited the fatal arson-burns to the ground, destroying all of Branch's personal possessions, including his extensive gun collection. Ella's investigations are hampered by what happened to her at the uranium site. Both her brother Clifford, a Navajo medicine man, and her cousin and fellow Navajo Police officer, Justine Goodluck, are convinced that Ella wasn't just unconscious when she was rescued. To all appearances, they say, Ella was dead. Justine believes that Ella's survival was a miracle; Clifford says that his hataalii abilities showed her wandering wind spirit the way back to her body. Regardless, traditionalist Navajo are reluctant to be near or even speak to Ella, fearing that since she was dead, she has been contaminated with chindi and become evil. Even some of her fellow police officers are uncomfortable in Ella's presence. If she cannot interview witnesses and can't work with other cops, what is Ella to do? She finds solace in the unquestioning and unchanging love of her young daughter and the unflagging support of her brother, who nonetheless recommends an older hataalii who may be able to perform a special blessing ceremony for Ella. Still, it's clear that Ella's life has been changed, perhaps permanently, and that she may no longer be an effective police officer. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1429914920

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Mourning Dove

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Mourning Dove

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

What seems to be a carjacking gone wrong leads to the death of Jimmy Blacksheep, a Navajo member of the New Mexico National Guard recently returned from Iraq. When Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah receives a mysterious package in the mail, she begins to suspect that Jimmy's death is part of something larger. Complicating the case is the fact that Jimmy's brother, Samuel Blacksheep, is also a cop, on the Farmington PD. Samuel is also ostensibly investigating Jimmy's death, but Ella wonders why Jimmy sent his secret message to her rather than his own brother. If Jimmy didn't trust Samuel, perhaps Ella shouldn't either. When even the FBI's experts are unable to figure out the dead man's message, Ella realizes that she must use Navajo lore, not cryptography, to decode it. Tantalizing clues link Jimmy's death to his military service—but what could the medic have seen in Iraq that would make him a target for murder back home? Ella's personal life seems just as complicated as her case. Her mother, Rose Destea, marries her long-time beau, Herman Cloud, and moves in with him. While Ella is delighted to see her mother happy, she cannot help but worry about making sure her daughter, Dawn, is safe and cared for at all times. Dawn's father asks for a change in custody arrangements that will reduce Ella to a weekend mother—a much easier fit with her workload but something that will take a terrible toll on her heart. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Thief in Retreat

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Thief in Retreat

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Sister Agatha can't resist mysteriously supernatural events and returns to uncover the truth about a closed monastery complete with a wandering ghost, thefts dating back 20 years, and local legends. Martin's Press.

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0312938659

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Ghost Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Ghost Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Aimee and David Thurlo's newest mystery Ghost Medicine, featuring Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah. Ella takes all her cases personally, but some cases are more personal than others. The murder of Harry Ute is one of those—not only because Ella and Harry dated, years ago, but because Harry was once a member of her investigative team. Ella's team is as close to her as family and a blow against one is a blow against all. Harry's been working for Bruce "Teeny" Little, a local security expert, but despite their long friendship, Teeny won't tell Ella much, just the job involves theft of government property. The dead man was found in an isolated area of the Rez that is reportedly haunted by skinwalkers and the scattered residents are too frightened of the Navajo witches to tell the police much. County cop Dan Nez is also looking into the government thefts. The two detectives—each top dog in their own territory—will have to share jurisdiction, something complicated by their growing attraction to each other. Ella finds evidence that connects Harry's murder to the secret sale of previously unknown Navajo artifacts. If Harry discovered a hidden—and illegal—dig, the artifact smugglers might have killed him to protect their lucrative operation. Identifying the murderer isn't going to be easy. But Harry was one of her own and Ella is determined to bring his killer to justice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Plant Them Deep

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Plant Them Deep

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

When healing plants are stolen and a Navajo man is found dead, Rose Destea, mother of Special Investigator Ella Clah, begins an independent investigation that soon has her up to her neck in trouble.

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The Prodigal Nun

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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The Prodigal Nun

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Thief in Retreat is a thoroughly absorbing, sharply drawn story with a protagonist who is courageous, intelligent, and endearing. Sister Agatha, with her restored Harley Davidson motorcycle and ex-police dog, Pax are a dynamite team that's hard to beat... I eagerly await Sister Agatha's next adventure." – Earlene Fowler, author of Delectable Mountains "Aimee and David Thurlo's nimble plotting leaves readers turning pages while Our Lady of Hope Monastery's compelling characters draw you into their richly textured world. Sister Agatha is a blessing and you'll believe in Prey for a Miracle!" --Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of To Darkness and to Death Our Lady of Hope is an aging monastery run by a cloistered order in rural New Mexico. Perennially cash-strapped for needed repairs and maintenance, when the local diocese offers to pay for a new water well it is, well, a godsend. But there's a catch – in return, they want the monastery to house a novice nun from a different order who needs a place to stay locally while she teaches at the Catholic school and an order to take responsibility for her while she's there. And Sister Josephine – Sister Jo as she likes to be called – is a handful. Loud, boisterous, free with her opinions, inappropriate, impulsive and snores loud enough to wake the dead, the young nun doesn't fit in well with the contemplative order and the older nuns of Our Lady of Hope. If the teeth-grinding of the older nuns and the repetitive deep sighs of the Reverand Mother weren't enough, there's also the increasingly dangerous sounding threats that arrive at the monestary. Since Sister Agatha has been involved in her fair share of investigations, there's no lack of people who might harbor a grudge against her. But is she really the target? And is Sister Jo – who arrived right before the threats began – somehow entangled in this increasingly dangerous web?

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The Enemy Way

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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The Enemy Way

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Former FBI agent Ella Clah is now a Special Investigator with the native police force. Her brother, Clifford, a medicine man, says that her investigative skills are gifts from the spirits who guard and guide the Navajo, but Ella insists it's her FBI training that has honed her instincts. The Navajo are in turmoil. The tribal police are spread thin throughout the vast reservation, trying to rein in gang violence, murderous drunk drivers, and race riots. Ella's newest assignment is to solve the murder of an old friend's fiancée, apparently killed during a gang-related robbery. Ella is shocked to discover signs of skinwalker activity in the woman's home--was her friend's fiancée a Navajo witch, a hereditary enemy of Ella's family? Ella must solve the murder, do something to stop drinking and driving on the Rez, and keep Navajo teenagers from killing each other, while trying to find and fight her oldest enemies. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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A Time of Change

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

The Thurlos introduce readers to Josephine Buck and other employees at a New Mexico trading post. When The Outpost's owner dies, Josephine, a young Navajo woman, is shocked to discover that Tom Stuart, whom she thought of as a surrogate father, has left her the business.

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Black Thunder

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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 that of a missing man who was believed to have embezzled funds from his construction firm and suspicions focus on the man's partner. With no obvious links between any of the corpses and the anniversary of their deaths fast approaching, Ella feels frustrated by the investigation's lack of progress. Unless they can find what connects these victims, someone else may soon be killed. Ella's ability to concentrate is battered by worries about her teenage daughter, who has been skipping school, and her mother, who is cooking up a storm, a sure sign that trouble is brewing in the household. Black Thunder, an Ella Clah novel, is a police procedural mystery that should appeal to all readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Mourning Dove

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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White Thunder

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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An Ella Clah Novel

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Startlingly, Ella receives a disturbing cell phone call that seems to be from Thomas himself. He's trapped in a dark place, lost and hurt. Ella realizes that time is running out.

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Turquoise Girl

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Turquoise Girl

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

A serial killer stalks young Navajo men and women, and Police Special Investigator Ella Clah and her family may be next in his sights. Clues indicate that her father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder 10 years ago.

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Bad Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Ella Clah has sworn to protect her people from all menaces--spiritual or physical. When a series of events causes upheaval in her Navajo community, Ella uses modern police techniques to fight the witches she suspects are responsible.

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A Time of Change

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Samaritan

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Samaritan

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Sister Agatha of the Our Lady of Hope monastery in Bernalillo, New Mexico has become reknowned—and occasionally infamous— for her crime solving skills. Now she must bring her skills to bear on her most important case yet—her friend and ally Sheriff Tom Green is a suspect in the brutal murder of his rival in the upcoming election.

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1429950234

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Bad Faith

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Faith

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

Cloistered in the middle of a New Mexico desert with only a few other nuns and a dying station wagon, Sister Agatha is cut off from the outside world . . . until the chaplain is poisoned and the local sheriff--whom Agatha dated before becoming a nun--comes to investigate. Martin's Press.

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0312934769

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The Pawnbroker

A Mystery

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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The Pawnbroker

A Mystery

By: David Thurlo,Aimée Thurlo

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The Prodigal Nun

A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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A Sister Agatha Mystery

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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White Thunder

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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An Ella Clah Novel

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Startlingly, Ella receives a disturbing cell phone call that seems to be from Thomas himself. He's trapped in a dark place, lost and hurt. Ella realizes that time is running out.

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Death Walker

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo,Aima(c)E Thurlo

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Death Walker

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo,Aima(c)E Thurlo

On a Navajo reservation someone murders one of its "living treasures," that is people who hold and teach the cultural and religious wisdom of the tribe. The case is taken up by tribal policewoman Ella Clah, formerly of the FBI.

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Bad Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

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Bad Medicine

An Ella Clah Novel

By: Aimée Thurlo,David Thurlo

When the daughter of Senator Yellowhair is killed in a suspicious car accident, the Senator accuses Ella and the tribe's medical examiner, Dr. Carolyn Roanhorse, of falsifying the autopsy results. An outbreak of meningitis leads to more trouble when many of those who are vaccinated against the illness begin dying from a different, unidentified disease. Riots between Indian and white workers at the Navajo-owned mine stretch the resources of the tribal police even thinner. Convinced that solving one mystery means solving them all, Ella plunges into her investigations despite threats from all sides and her suspicions that Navajo witches are somehow involved. Ella Clah has sworn to protect her people from all menaces--spiritual or physical--and she's not going to back off now. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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