Aimée Thurlo
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Our Lady of Hope Monastery can't catch a break. Situated in rural New Mexico, the cloistered monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft and skilled jobs suited to their cloistered, contemplative life. But, when a stolen SUV crashes through their outside walls, they are faced with financial demands that far exceed their means. So, when a major donor offers a great deal of money for what seems a simple task, they are quick to accept. The very...
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Series
Sister Agatha volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Description
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...
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Series
Ella Clah volume 8
Publisher
Forge Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
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...
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Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010
Description
As a people, the Navajo seek to walk in beauty and find a balance between modern and traditional culture. As a mother, a daughter, and a member of the Navajo Nation, Ella Clah finds her own way to walk-but as a police officer, she seeks both justice and truth.
When Never-ending-snake begins, Ella is returning from a trip to Washington, DC, where she has been presented with a lucrative offer of employment with a private security firm. The catch? She...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017
Description
"Shortly after her husband, Kurt, was killed, Leigh Ann discovered he had been having a string of affairs. Kurt's business partners accuse her of helping Kurt embezzle and the police wonder if she killed him. Together, she and blind sculptor Melvin Littlewater delve into the darkest moments of their pasts, searching for truth and light"--
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"Former Navajo Police officer Harry Ute's body is found in an isolated part of the Navajo Reservation, rumored to be skinwalker country. This makes Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah's job much harder--no one wants to speak to her for fear of incurring the wrath of the Navajo witches. Harry's latest P.I. case involves tracking down property stolen from the county. This leads Ella to work with county Detective Dan Nez. Ella doesn't trust...
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Dangerous sounding threats arrive at Our Lady of Hope, an aging monastery run by a cloistered order in rural New Mexico. 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?
8) Earthway
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Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A group of activists is determined to do whatever is necessary to stop the building of a nuclear power plant--assault, sabotage, domestic terrorism. When a fellow Navajo Police officer is injured in an attack aimed at Ella Clah's boyfriend, Ella vows to do whatever it takes to find the terrorists and bring them to justice.