R. Allen Chappell

A Navajo Nation Mystery

1 - Navajo Autumn (Feb-2014)
2 - Boy Made of Dawn (Nov-2013)
3 - Ancient Blood (Aug-2014)
4 - Mojado (Jun-2015)
5 - Magpie Speaks (Feb-2016)
6 - Wolves of Winter (Dec-2016)
7 - The Bible Seller (Jul-2017)
8 - Day of the Dead (Apr-2018)
9 - Falling Girl (Jan-2020)
10 - Yellow Dirt (Feb-2021)

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  Boy Made of Dawn
  

  • Nov-2013
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 2
  

  Stolen children and murder plague tribal investigator Charlie Yazzie and friend Thomas Begay, as they unravel ongoing corruption in an upcoming murder trial. An irascible Ute family and their shrewd ranch-woman neighbor become caught up in the plot t...

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  Navajo Autumn
  

  • Feb-2014
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 1
  

  Reservation "bad boy" Thomas Begay is found dead-drunk under the La Plata Bridge, which is not unusual for him. What is unusual, however, is that beautiful BIA investigator Patsy Greyhorse is found lying beside him, not drunk, or even a Navajo, but v...

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  Ancient Blood
  

  • Aug-2014
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 3
  

  Thomas Begay’s longtime drinking buddy Harley Ponyboy, along with Investigator Charlie Yazzie’s former Archaeology Professor, become the target of a ruthless Indian rights movement -- a group bent on destroying a dig that could change the percept...

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  Mojado
  

  • Jun-2015
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 4
  

  R. Allen Chappell takes a bold new direction with this thriller, raising storytelling and knowledge of the Navajo culture to an entirely new level. When Mexico's bloodiest predator invades the reservation, it's up to Charlie Yazzie and his friends to...

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  Magpie Speaks
  

  • Feb-2016
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 5
  

  Dreams tell old man Paul T'Sosi he's dying. So why is Navajo trickster, Magpie, trying to tell him a far more terrifying secret? Hungry for revenge, Ma'iitsoh Dine', the Navajo Wolf, is out for blood. Summoning his darkest powers, the Witch of Ganado...

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  Wolves of Winter
  

  • Dec-2016
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 6
  

  Even from the grave, an ancient and disabled girl who once divined the future holds one more secret; A key to unlock two modern day murders on the Diné Bikeyah. Archeology and murder entwine in Chappell's latest canyon-lands thriller. In ancient tim...

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  The Bible Seller
  

  • Jul-2017
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 7
  

  Beware false prophets in sheep clothing--they can be hungry wolves.(Lay Pastor Eddie Red Horse reading from Matt 7:15) An old silversmith is dead--his body dumped unceremoniously along the highway to be found by a tourist's yapping dog. Legal Service...

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  Day of the Dead
  

  • Apr-2018
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 8
  

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  The Collector
  

  • Mar-2019
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  When the local trader is found murdered the only clue points directly at Lucy Tallwoman. The FBI sweeps in to discover a decades-old trail of deceit and betrayal as the darker days of Lucy's past come back to haunt her. The family decides they need h...

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  Falling Girl
  

  • Jan-2020
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 9
  

  An icy chill foretells a harsh winter for the Navajo people -- and for perpetually down on his luck Harley Ponyboy the situation grows increasingly desperate. What evil is this that dogs his every step? When a lucky lottery ticket comes his way, Harl...

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  Yellow Dirt
  

  • Feb-2021
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  A Navajo Nation Mystery - 10
  

  Yellow dirt gathers in the creases of the toddler's dirty blue jeans and on the little hands used to brush away a pesky fly. The same yellow particles that cling to the walls of the Hogan, contaminates the drinking water and fills the air where his f...

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