- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (Mar 21 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765311755
- ISBN-13: 978-0765311757
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,146,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
When an apparent carjacking takes the life of a tribesman recently returned from Iraq in the Thurlos' solid 12th Ella Clah novel (after 2005's White Thunder), the Navajo Tribal Police Special Investigator finds enough differences between this incident and the reservation's spate of carjackings to suspect the scenario is a coverup for murder. Ella's suspicions increase when fellow returning National Guardsmen describe the victim, Jimmy Blacksheep, as never having been a "team player." Now Clah and her officers must learn what sort of games these men were playing. The key lies in the manuscript pages of a tale the dead man wrote based on animals both familiar to and dissimilar from those of Navajo mythology. The handsome new pastor at Ella's cousin's church offers his considerable investigative skills and mysteriously high security clearance to help break Blacksheep's code. Add some new friction between Ella and her daughter Dawn's father, plus a significant announcement from Ella's mother, Rose, and you've got an all-around satisfying adventure. (Apr.)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
"Gripping. A spirited blend of Navajo culture and police procedure."-- Booklist on Tracking Bear
"Mystery readers who like their murders solved by applied intelligence will love Ella Clah."--New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman
"It's Tony Hillerman country, done in a low-key humanistic style."
--New Orleans Times-Picayune on Wind Spirit
"Tracking Bear is a great police procedural that gives readers an insightful look into the culture of the Navajo living on the reservation today. The who-done-it is complex, compelling and exciting."--Midwest Book Review
"Realistic, fast-paced, and intense. Action scenes keep the plot moving at a quick pace with some surprises along the way, adding to the excitement."--School Library Journal on Changing Woman
"A hair-raising opening. The Thurlos hit all the right notes: they have an intriguing, growing character at the center of a series that combines fast-moving plots and a wealth of fascinating cultural information."--Booklist on Wind Spirit
"Red Mesa is an engrossing mystery as intricately woven as a fine Navajo rug. It kept me guessing to the end."--New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel
"A fascinating story. Ella Clah, strong and vulnerable at the same time, is an intriguing character of great depth, and the surprise ending will delight all mystery lovers."--Romantic Times BookClub Magazine on Red Mesa
"An intense, spellbinding family drama in which the battle between good and evil affects both modernist and traditionalist Navajo. Prime reading for fans of Tony Hillerman and other Southwestern mysteries."--Library Journal on Red Mesa
"Mystery readers who like their murders solved by applied intelligence will love Ella Clah."--New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman
"It's Tony Hillerman country, done in a low-key humanistic style."
--New Orleans Times-Picayune on Wind Spirit
"Tracking Bear is a great police procedural that gives readers an insightful look into the culture of the Navajo living on the reservation today. The who-done-it is complex, compelling and exciting."--Midwest Book Review
"Realistic, fast-paced, and intense. Action scenes keep the plot moving at a quick pace with some surprises along the way, adding to the excitement."--School Library Journal on Changing Woman
"A hair-raising opening. The Thurlos hit all the right notes: they have an intriguing, growing character at the center of a series that combines fast-moving plots and a wealth of fascinating cultural information."--Booklist on Wind Spirit
"Red Mesa is an engrossing mystery as intricately woven as a fine Navajo rug. It kept me guessing to the end."--New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel
"A fascinating story. Ella Clah, strong and vulnerable at the same time, is an intriguing character of great depth, and the surprise ending will delight all mystery lovers."--Romantic Times BookClub Magazine on Red Mesa
"An intense, spellbinding family drama in which the battle between good and evil affects both modernist and traditionalist Navajo. Prime reading for fans of Tony Hillerman and other Southwestern mysteries."--Library Journal on Red Mesa
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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IRAQ BRINGS TROUBLE TO THE REZ, May 14 2006
By charles falk - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mourning Dove: An Ella Clah Novel (Hardcover)
This is the best of the half dozen Thurlo novels I've read. Ellen Clah, head of the Navajo Reservation Major Crimes Unit, must find out who killed Jimmy Blacksheep, a Navajo national guardsman, who was on his way home from serving in Iraq. The rental car he was driving is missing. The obvious suspects are a car-jacking ring that has been operating on the Rez for some time. Clah, however, quickly decides that Blacksheep's murder is not simply a botched car-jacking.MOURNING DOVE is more purely a police procedural than the other Clah mysteries I've read. Navajo life and traditions form the background rather than the foreground of this story. Clah's latest family problems are woven smoothly into the non-stop police action. In addition to the tribal police, the Farmington PD, the county sheriff's office, the FBI, the ATF, the CIA, and the US Army CID are drawn into the widening investigation. One wishes those agencies worked as well together in the real world as they do in this Thurlo novel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Navajo culture, May 14 2007
By Yvonne Adams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mourning Dove: An Ella Clah Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
Well paced mystery as usual with the Thurlos. I like that they sprinkle in bits & pieces of Navajo culture into the story. The end of the mystery of the death of the soldier did not turn out as I thought it would. What happens with Ella's romance? I guess I will have to purchase the next book to find out.
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Mourning Dove, April 10 2007
By V. Kennedy "book crazed" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mourning Dove: An Ella Clah Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
This is another great mystery in the Ella Clah Series. I've read all the books in the series and enjoyed every one of them. I can hardly wait to get my hands on the next installment, (Turquoise Girl). I would recommend these books to all mystery lovers!
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