Navajo Nation Mystery

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 very dead nonetheless. Charlie Yazzie, fresh from law school, risks his career and even his life to help his old friend. The answer seems to lie with the Yeenaaldiooshii... should one choose to believe in such things.

In this fast-paced sequel to the highly acclaimed Navajo Autumn, Charlie Yazzie and Thomas Begay encounter danger and intrigue on the nation's largest Indian reservation. Old and new characters emerge to unravel ongoing corruption in the upcoming Patsy Greyhorse murder trials, and an irascible Ute family and their shrewd ranch-woman neighbor become caught up in the plot to place certain tribal leaders above the law.

In the third book of the Navajo Nation series, Charlie Yazzie's former archaeology professor becomes the target of a ruthless Indian rights movement, one determined to end an investigation that could change the face of an ancient tribe. Charlie and Thomas Begay find themselves caught up in a dangerous, intrigue-filled adventure involving one of the canyon lands' oldest riddles. Dark secrets are revealed in this fast-paced mystery of a forgotten people.

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 take charge the Navajo way. Navajo can track prey, but can Charlie, Thomas, and Harley Ponyboy catch the killer before he catches them?

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 circles tribal investigator Charlie Yazzie's young son and close friends. Some may survive the witch's evil vendetta, but others will die to settle an old score. Critics describe R. Allen Chappell's writing as "embedded and close to the ground" with an intuitive knowledge of the Navajo people and their land. Magpie Speaks, the follow-up to the widely acclaimed thriller Mojado, cements Chappell's legacy and puts him in the forefront of modern-day Navajo mystery storytellers.

An ancient, disabled girl holds the key to unlock two modern day murders on the Dine Bikeyah. Archeology and murder entwine in Chappell's latest Canyon Lands thriller. In ancient times hunger drove the search for food and survival. Now greed is the enemy. Ride along as Charlie, Thomas, and Harley Ponyboy walk a razor's edge between two worlds, and discover wolves still stalk the ancients.

An old silversmith's body is dumped along the highway and Legal Services Investigator Charlie Yazzie isn't content to stand by while the FBI and Tribal look for clues-not when he sees his friends Thomas Begay and Harley Ponyboy sucked into a tightening web of evil. When a beautiful stranger knocks on Harley's door the game changes... and so do Harley's loyalties. One thing is clear in this chilling new addition to Chappell's Navajo Nation mystery series-a spate of murders and an outlier with a deadly agenda-should be warning enough for anyone.

Tressa Tarango's husband lost his soul somewhere on the cold high desert of the Navajo Reservation. She doesn't know who killed him and only by venturing among warring drug cartels can she exact the revenge to pacify his restless soul. Only she can ensure Luca's troubled spirit finds peace in the underworld. Though his murderous rampage will keep him from heaven-Tressa hopes she might yet secure him a higher place in hell. The dead have secrets yet to tell, and in the mysterious world of the desert southwest, no writer tells them better than Chappell. With a rock solid grip on the people, history, and lives of the Dine, Chappell now leads the listener further into a world of mystery and intrigue as two powerful cultures clash. And while the spirit of a serial killer whispers to Tressa Tarango, Paul T'Sosi finds himself suspended between life and death-and with only one old friend to rescue him from the darker forces of both the real and ethereal world. R. Allen Chappell's gripping Day Of The Dead, the eighth in his Navajo Nation Mystery series, further establishes this author's place in the hierarchy of southwestern writers of note.

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 help... and fast. Caught up in a chilling plot to control the burgeoning trade in Native American art, Investigator Charlie Yazzie finds himself dangerously out of his league as two billionaire collectors struggle to dominate the market. It soon becomes clear the only thing that will make Lucy's work more valuable... is her death. In a last-ditch stand against imported killers is there no one Charlie and his friends can trust? Will it fall to a stranger to intervene and is it really a stranger?

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, Harley uses the new resources to search for a lost love, only to find she has fallen to appalling depths. His stubborn resolve to help puts him on a collision course with her abusive companion... and with his own mortality. Fast paced and unflinching, Chappell's knowledge and respect for the Navajo people shines through as listeners welcome back old friends, along with a surprise addition to the Navajo Nation family. Characters as unforgettable as a New Mexico sunset lead listeners on yet another journey through the color, mystery, and ethereal aura of that land which is the Dine Bikeyah.

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 father works only to come home covered with yellow dust. Yellow dirt. That enriches the powerful, but at the expense of the unsuspecting Dine. Sam Klah, now a teenager and left to fend for himself after his mother's death, is determined to leave the Chindi plagued Hogan and track down his only living relative-little knowing something far more terrifying than Chindi spirits awaits him just down the trail. Chappell's exciting Navajo Nation Mystery series plunges listeners into a deftly woven mystery within a mystery. The author's unique gift is to hand over the reins to mystical places. Places many listeners might never otherwise experience . . . along with the inimitable characters, old and new, that will linger on long after the story has ended.

Deadfall tracks Charlie Yazzie, Thomas Begay, and Harley Ponyboy into unfamiliar territory. When a family member unexpectedly dies, a debilitating sense of loss overcomes our friends on the reservation. The ties that have bound them begin to unravel. What witch's evil is at work? Is the bond forever broken? Or is there a connection to the ancient past that might bring this malevolent aura to an end? Sequel to the Amazon bestseller Wolves of Winter the continuing story of the Anasazi Swallow Clan's effort to escape their destiny on the Colorado Plateau. Thomas Begay's son Caleb comes under the mystical spell of the ancient people, seeming to channel their desperate migration to a new home. Family members look on and fear for his sanity. Meanwhile, Harley Ponyboy's new wife Celia is targeted by a forgotten ex-husband who has murdered once and might again. Thomas and Harley set out to corral the killer but are in for a surprise that no one saw coming. Such is the continuing saga of life on the Dinétah.

Book 13 in Chappell's legacy series of standalone novels set in the heart of Diné Bikeyah. A frantic young girl flees the reservation to escape the horrors of abuse at the hands of her adoptive family. Despising her white father they blame for the death of the girl's mother. The man is driven out only to be found dead along a lonely stretch of dirt road. Suffering through a long and desperate struggle on the back streets of Albuquerque, the girl somehow manages to survive, and against all odds, eventually claws her way up from the depths of degradation to a life of success beyond her wildest imagining. Now, these many years later, the woman's traumatic past still weighs on her every waking moment. Consumed with dreams of revenge she returns to the reservation. Calling on Charlie Yazzie, the Legal Services Investigator is finally convinced to look into her father's still unsolved murder. Longtime friends Harley Ponyboy and Thomas Begay are quick to join in, then find they too, have become entwined in the murderous intrigue . . . Billy Moon is back!