Turquoise GirlTurquoise Girl
An Ella Clah Novel
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Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st ed, All copies in use.Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsNavajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is called in on the murder of Valerie Tso, who was drowned in her bathtub. Not only is Valerie the daughter of Ella's mother's best friend, but she also is the mother of Boots, who takes care of Ella's daughter after school. Although Valerie was estranged from her family, Ella is determined to find her killer and quickly.
A Bible verse on a scrap of paper left near the body reminds Ella of a case she worked on a decade ago, when she was still in the FBI. The long gap between killings suggests that the murderer has been in prison.
Ella discovers that all of the dead women had once been members of her father's congregation and that all had been lovers of Caleb Frank, a succesful Navajo businessman. Before he'd been cast out of her father's church, Caleb had frequently quoted the Old Testament to support his belief that sinners had to be punished here on earth.
New information on the old cases sends a chill up Ella's spine - each of the victims had a child who was also killed within a few months of the mother's death. If Caleb Frank is slaughtering sinners - women who had sex out of wedlock and their illegitimate children - is Boots next? Is there a chance Ella's daughter could be caught in the cross fire?
Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah has seen a lot of death in the decade since she returned to the Reservation, but nothing quite as bad as a series of violent murders of young Navajo. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of her days in the FBI, and she calls on Agent Blalock for help. And that's not the only link to Ella's past--clues indicates that Ella's father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder. Working long hours, desperate to identify and stop the serial killer before he strikes again, Ella manages to squeeze in a few dates with Reverend Bilford Tome. Ella's father was a man of the cloth as well--is Ella following her mother's path, falling for a man whose faith she does not share?
Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah has seen a lot of death in the decade since she returned to the Reservation, but nothing quite as bad as a series of violent murders of young Navajo. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of her days in the FBI, and she calls on Agent Blalock for help. And that’s not the only link to Ella’s past—clues indicates that Ella’s father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder. Working long hours, desperate to identify and stop the serial killer before he strikes again, Ella manages to squeeze in a few dates with Reverend Bilford Tome. Ella’s father was a man of the cloth as well—is Ella following her mother’s path, falling for a man whose faith she does not share?
Shocked by the brutal murder of a young Navajo woman, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah calls in FBI Agent Dwayne Blalock for help, but she soon realizes that the murderer may have a strange link to her own past and to her father, who may have been pursuing the same killer before his own murder, a decade earlier. 15,000 first printing.
Shocked by the murder of a young Navajo woman, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah calls in FBI Agent Dwayne Blalock for help, but she soon realizes that the murderer may have a link to her own past and to her father, murdered a decade earlier.
A Bible verse on a scrap of paper left near the body reminds Ella of a case she worked on a decade ago, when she was still in the FBI. The long gap between killings suggests that the murderer has been in prison.
Ella discovers that all of the dead women had once been members of her father's congregation and that all had been lovers of Caleb Frank, a succesful Navajo businessman. Before he'd been cast out of her father's church, Caleb had frequently quoted the Old Testament to support his belief that sinners had to be punished here on earth.
New information on the old cases sends a chill up Ella's spine - each of the victims had a child who was also killed within a few months of the mother's death. If Caleb Frank is slaughtering sinners - women who had sex out of wedlock and their illegitimate children - is Boots next? Is there a chance Ella's daughter could be caught in the cross fire?
Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah has seen a lot of death in the decade since she returned to the Reservation, but nothing quite as bad as a series of violent murders of young Navajo. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of her days in the FBI, and she calls on Agent Blalock for help. And that's not the only link to Ella's past--clues indicates that Ella's father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder. Working long hours, desperate to identify and stop the serial killer before he strikes again, Ella manages to squeeze in a few dates with Reverend Bilford Tome. Ella's father was a man of the cloth as well--is Ella following her mother's path, falling for a man whose faith she does not share?
Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah has seen a lot of death in the decade since she returned to the Reservation, but nothing quite as bad as a series of violent murders of young Navajo. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of her days in the FBI, and she calls on Agent Blalock for help. And that’s not the only link to Ella’s past—clues indicates that Ella’s father may have tried to stop this killer before his own murder. Working long hours, desperate to identify and stop the serial killer before he strikes again, Ella manages to squeeze in a few dates with Reverend Bilford Tome. Ella’s father was a man of the cloth as well—is Ella following her mother’s path, falling for a man whose faith she does not share?
Shocked by the brutal murder of a young Navajo woman, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah calls in FBI Agent Dwayne Blalock for help, but she soon realizes that the murderer may have a strange link to her own past and to her father, who may have been pursuing the same killer before his own murder, a decade earlier. 15,000 first printing.
Shocked by the murder of a young Navajo woman, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah calls in FBI Agent Dwayne Blalock for help, but she soon realizes that the murderer may have a link to her own past and to her father, murdered a decade earlier.
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