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Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo Shooting Chant: A Ella Clah Novel (Ella Clah Novels)
Forge Books 0812568680 / 9780812568684 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0812568680 Editorial Reviews n nAmazon.com Review nFormer FBI agent, now special investigator with the Navajo Police, Ella Clah knows it's her police training, not the special gift of sensing she's supposed to have inherited from her clan ancestors, that accounts for her unease when troubling things begin happening on the reservation. Lab reports on pregnant women have been stolen from the health clinic, a Navajo guard at the LabKote factory has been murdered, and two native leaders have been kidnapped. The evidence points toward an activist Indian group known as the Fierce Ones, who have been protesting the deal that leaders made with the medical supply company that's on their land. Tensions are running high between the traditionalists and the moderns, the natives who want a return to the old ways and those who embrace the white man's technology to increase their crop yields and improve their brood animals. Not only is Ella stunned to learn that among the masked Fierce Ones is her beloved brother, a healer, but she's just discovered she's pregnant, by a tribal lawyer whose clan has been at odds with her own since the days of their ancestors. t n nThis latest in the increasingly popular Ella Clah series (Death Walker, Bad Medicine, Enemy Way) packs enough action into one slim novel to satisfy readers used to the more cerebral novels of Tony Hillerman and others writing crime fiction featuring Native American heroes. Like them, the Thurlos put a lot of Indian lore into their books and focus on characters who struggle to live in two cultures but are never fully embraced by either. Ella Clah is a thoroughly modern career woman, but her loyalty to her heritage runs strong and deep, making for a richly explicated interior life that is more fully realized by the Thurlos than many of their peers in the genre. If you haven't met Ella before, her newest adventure will have you scrambling for her previous ones. This deft, fast-paced read pulses with danger and excitement on every page. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. n nFrom School Library Journal nYA-When Traditionalists begin protesting against a factory on the Navajo Reservation that produces germ-free equipment for medical labs, more problems surface, all pointing toward LabKote. The protests stem from animal deaths traced to the fairgrounds adjacent to the factory, which suggest that some sort of hazardous environmental substance has leaked out. Then two people die mysteriously, several more are kidnapped, and three attempts are made to kill Ella Clah, the Navajo Police Special Investigator assigned to the case. She begins to fit the pieces together, discovering a chilling scenario of impending destruction devised by pathologically evil minds. Focusing on LabKote and its mysterious goings-on, the authors build a strong plot filled with moments of action and intrigue, and include enough basic scientific and forensic evidence to educate readers without overwhelming them. At the same time, the various plot elements subtly weave details of Navajo ethics and culture into the story. Clans and their interrelationships become a priority focus for understanding the complex social system of the Navajo, Ella's status, and that of her unborn baby. An enticing mystery built on a frighteningly realistic scenario. nPam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA nCopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo Wind Spirit: An Ella Clah Novel (Ella Clah Novels)
Forge Books 0765343975 / 9780765343970 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0765343975 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Publishers Weekly nAfter last year's blandly botanical Plant Them Deep, the Thurlos make a refreshing return to an honest-to-goodness whodunit, in which Ella Clah, special investigator for the Navajo Tribal Police, undergoes such trauma that she's forced to rethink her priorities-and her entire life. When tribal councilman Lewis Hunt's invalid wife is burned to death in a suspicious house fire, Clah and her police team set out to prove arson and bring a killer to justice. But the solution turns out to be anything but simple. Local radio talk-show host George Branch has stirred up a hornet's nest regarding gun control and Hunt's stand for heavier restrictions. Branch soon finds himself a suspect in the fire investigation as well as the target of another misguided attempt to express someone's difference of opinion. And there's family trouble, too. Ella's medicine man brother, Clifford, tries to locate an elderly holy man who can perform the proper curing ceremony to alleviate the traditionalists' fears of Ella and her perceived "sickness," but meanwhile Clifford's busyness sends his wife Loretta to find more than just employment at the local college. There are no slow spots in the action as Clah dodges bullets, heads up a hostage rescue and battles her personal and job-related demons. Fans will delve into this one and feel right at home. nCopyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nFrom Booklist nAll sorts of conflicts are built into this ninth installment in the Thurlos' series set on a Four Corners Navajo reservation and focusing on the work of Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah. There is the inherent tension between the old, new, and neotraditional ways of the Navajos; there is conflict with outsiders; and there are the conflicts Clah faces between being a traditionally raised Navajo and a female cop in very untraditional circumstances. In a hair-raising opening, Clah's fall down an abandoned uranium mining shaft and the bizarre way in which she survives give her a whole new set of problems, since many Navajos believe she survived because she was helped by evil spirits. Clah is forced to track down a 90-year-old medicine man to cleanse her, a task made more daunting by a rash of arsons on the reservation, which quickly start claiming victims. 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. Connie Fletcher nCopyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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