This is the continuation of the life of Investigator Ella Clah of the Navajo Tribal Police out of the Shiprock district. It is packed with the same cultural information that characterizes the previous novels. Description of desert landscapes, tribal lifestyles, poverty, increasing lawlessness, and young adult gangs bring the action to life for the reader. However, reading the earelier novels tremendously increases the understanding...
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Ella Clah is the best crime series going for people who like their mysteries solved by intelligence rather than with gunfire. (Not that Ella can't handle herself when the going gets tough -- she can). One of the main reasons I love Aimee and David's novels is because I am captivated by Native American cultures. The depth of the Navajo culture fills this and the other Clah books to overflowing. I'd love to see Ella get together...
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The Ella Clah series is one of my favorite law enforcement series! Ella is a Special Investigator for the Navajo Police Department. While each book in the series builds on the previous ones in terms of character development, each book is also a stand alone novel. This novel begins with Navajo Police Chief Big Ed Atcitty informing Ella that a new FBI agent, Andrew Thomas, is missing after interrupting a Sing. Interrupting...
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I have always enjoyed all of the Thurlo's books. I love the character they have created in Ella Clay. In White Thunder she is focused on locating a federal agent the suspense and fast-moving plots the development of the investigation keep you turning each page and the action scenes keep the plot moving with some surprises adding to the exciting and surprise ending. I love the whodunits and Ella Clay series are one of the...
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Navaho Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is still recovering emotionally after almost dying in a uranium mine. She hopes to spend more time with her daughter Dawn but when an FBI agent goes missing on the reservation, Ella and her unit gives top priority to finding him. She doesn't expect too much cooperation from the tribe because Agent Thomas interrupted a medicine man during a Sing (a healing ceremony). This is a...
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