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In White Thunder, the tenth Ella Clah novel from Aimee and David Thurlo, Ella must find a missing FBI agent who interrupted a Sing. FBI area supervisor Simmons asks the Navajo Tribal Police to help locate Andrew Thomas, a federal agent who disappeared after interrupting a Navajo ritual being performed by a group of medicine men or hataaliis. Simmons voices his displeasure when Special Investigator Ella Clah is assigned to the case; he believes that Ella became an FBI agent, more than a decade earlier, due to affirmative action-and that she left because the job was too tough for her.Ella ignores Simmons'' pettiness, knowing that finding the missing man is the highest priority. She won''t allow family issues to get in the way, so she asks her daughter''s father to become a full-time parent for the duration of her investigation. She even questions her brother, a hataalii himself, about Agent Thomas. Could a medicine man have punished Thomas for disturbing the Sing?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.With the hataaliis cleared, Ella follows up on Thomas''s investigation into Social Security fraud. She is disturbed to see evidence that seems to point to her old friend and Thomas''s immediate superior, FBI agent Blalock. Could Blalock steal money and assault one of his own men? Ella can''t believe it.The fraud trail leads through a maze of paperwork, banks, government offices, mortuaries, and into the Navajos'' most dearly held-beliefs about death. Only by finding the truth-and fast-will Ella be able to save Andrew Thomas.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Lee Nez is a nightwalker-a Navajo vampire-and a New Mexico state police officer. Investigating cop-killing smugglers who are bringing in jewels and silver from Mexico, Lee is teamed once again with sexy FBI agent Diane Lopez, who knows Lee is a vampire and is attracted to him nonetheless. The smugglers are Navajo shapeshifters or skinwalkers-and the cop and the FBI agent must kill them all without revealing that the smugglers are werewolves or that Lee is a vampire. Complicating matters, Lee is being stalked by a pair of vampire assassins who want revenge on him for killing their leader.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"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 DeathOur 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?

A Stolen SUV Crashes into Our Lady of Hope Monastery, Plunging the Nuns into a Deadly InvestigationFalse Witness is a gripping mystery thriller set in rural New Mexico. Our Lady of Hope Monastery, a cloistered community relying on donations and small jobs to make ends meet, faces financial ruin when a stolen SUV crashes through their walls. Desperate for help, they accept an offer from a major donor, John Gutierrez, who asks them to find his estranged niece in exchange for much-needed funds.Sister Agatha, the monastery''s extern nun with a knack for sleuthing, takes on the case. But as her investigation unfolds, she finds herself entangled in a web of secrets and lies that threaten to turn deadly. With time running out and the monastery''s fate hanging in the balance, Sister Agatha must uncover the truth before it''s too late.From bestselling mystery authors Aimée and David Thurlo comes a captivating tale of faith, suspense, and the unexpected twists of the human heart. False Witness is a page-turner that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

It''s frustrating for local law enforcement to come up against a piece of scum like Newton Glover. He''s dirty as hell, everyone knows that—breaks into and vandalizes his neighbors'' homes; cheats and steals from everyone; folks suspect he deals drugs and porn. He''s even killed a man and gotten away with it. He gets away with all of it, hinting that he has a secret government background and that he''s "protected" by the Powers That Be.Glover may finally have gone too far. He''s suspected of kidnapping a young teenage boy to use for child porn and a pedophile sex-ring. There''s no proof, but this time, Albuquerque police are determined to nail Glover to the wall.Lee Nez, a Navajo state police officer, and Diane Lopez, an FBI agent, go undercover in Glover''s trailer park. Lee and Diane find that their growing attraction for each other is heightened by their posing as husband and wife, but do not allow that to distract them from their mission. They soon learn that not long ago, Glover''s neighbors tried to take the law into their own hands—they dragged Glover from his home and beat him to death, leaving him in a shallow grave.To everyone''s shock, a few days later Glover reappeared with not a mark on him. Lee and Diane are no strangers to the supernatural—Lee is a Navajo vampire and Diane''s last FBI partner was killed by a werewolf. Whatever Glover is, they''ll deal with it.When a second child goes missing and clues link her to Glover, Lee and Diane know they are running out of time. Glover may be some kind of un-dead, but soon those children will be really dead, or worse.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A string of mysterious, gruesome deaths in the Shiprock area has attracted the attention of FBI agent Diane Lopez, who is stunned to learn that one of the victims was a childhood friend. To Diane, the killer is unmistakably a vampire—but the only vampire she knows of is Lee Nez, a State Police officer who prefers his blood chilled in the refrigerator, not hot from someone''s neck.Supernatural explanations for the deaths abound—some believe they are the work of the "goatsucker" spirit, others that the killer is an extraterrestrial. Lee Nez, assigned to the case at Diane''s request, privately agrees with her that there''s a vampire on the loose, but announces that they are looking for a serial killer.Lee and Diane discover that the victims all worked for a secret government lab that was studying a captured vampire, Stewart Tanner. Half-insane from being experimented on, Tanner broke free and took revenge on the doctors and technicians who had been torturing him.Desperate to remain free, Tanner threatens to continue killing federal employees unless the US government agrees to leave him alone. In a violent confrontation, Tanner discovers that Lee is a vampire. Believing Lee is colluding with the government, Tanner vows to kill him.Complicating matters, forensic specialist Dr. Victor Wayne, who began the case as a skeptic—believing Tanner had a rare blood disorder—has begun to believe in vampires. And has turned his attention on Lee . . . .Trying to turn Dr. Wayne back into a skeptic while protecting federal workers, tracking down Tanner, and staying alive—or at least undead—taxes all of Lee Nez''s abilities, natural and supernatural.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Navajo Police Special Investigator walks a dangerous line between two worlds in this gripping mystery thriller.Once an FBI agent, Ella Clah is now a Special Investigator with the Navajo Police. She walks a tightrope between the Navajo and white worlds, fully accepted by neither but needed by both. Ella''s brother, Clifford, a hataali or medicine man, says that her investigative skills are a gift from the spirits who guard and guide the Dineh, but Ella insists it''s her FBI training that has honed her instincts.Ella''s life is about to change in ways she can barely begin to imagine--she is newly pregnant, and though she knows who the father is, she will not marry him. In Navajo society, her child will be of her clan, and will be accepted by her family, no matter what--but how can she stay a police officer, exposing herself and her unborn child to terrible danger day after day?Given her current caseload, it''s hard for Ella to put off making a final decision about her career. There''s a near-riot at LabKote, a factory on the Reservation that produces high-quality vessels for medical labs. The Fierce Ones, an activist group of Navajo, are insisting that more native workers be hired by the firm--including a Navajo replacement for a manager recently found dead in his car, an apparent suicide. A sniper shoots at Ella as she drives to another crime scene--the home of State Senator James Yellowhair, who has been kidnapped.Feuding between traditionalist and modernist elements in the Navajo nation heats up with sabotage, vandalism, and murder, spurred by a rise in birth defects among the Dineh''s livestock and rustling of sheep and cattle. Ella''s personal concerns mount when officers investigating a break-in at the health clinic discover that the records of several pregnant women--including Ella--are missing. Then one of the pregnant women is murdered....At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A gripping Southwestern mystery thriller: Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah becomes the prime suspect in her cousin''s murder.Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is on the run. Justine, Ella''s cousin and fellow officer, disappeared after the two women argued publicly over Justine''s new boyfriend. Human bones are discovered at the spot where Justine had told her family she and Ella were to meet late one night. Suddenly Ella Clah, cop, is Ella Clah, murder suspect.Stunned by Justine''s death, Ella has no time to mourn. Her former allies in the Navajo Police Department and the FBI are hot on her trail, using the very techniques she taught them to hunt her down. Ella must find the real killers--and fast--before the Dineh act on a growing belief that Ella''s mother, brother, and young daughter have become evil.Set in the captivating Southwest, Red Mesa is a gripping tale of mystery and suspense from bestselling authors Aimée and David Thurlo. With its vivid New Mexico setting and intriguing glimpse into Navajo culture, this novel is a must-read for fans of Tony Hillerman and other Native American mysteries. Join Ella Clah as she races against time to clear her name and uncover the shocking truth behind her cousin''s murder.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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.