Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1993
  • Latest Book:
    September 2017
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About the Author

AIMEE SALCEDO THURLO

On the morning of February 28, 2014 Aimee passed away peacefully at home after a brief struggle with cancer and related complications. She was attended by her husband of 43 years, David. Aimee was 62 years old. Aimee, the youngest of two daughters born to Armando and Silvia Salcedo, was born on June 1st, 1951 in Havana, Cuba.

Full Series List in Order

A Charlie Henry Mystery

1 - The Pawnbroker (Feb-2014)
2 - Grave Consequences (May-2015)
3 - Rob Thy Neighbor (Aug-2016)
4 - Kill the Heroes (Sep-2017)

An Ella Clah Novel

1 - Blackening Song (Jun-1995)
2 - Death Walker (Jun-1996)
3 - Bad Medicine (Oct-1997)
4 - Enemy Way (Sep-1998)
5 - Shooting Chant (Apr-2000)
6 - Red Mesa (Apr-2001)
7 - Changing Woman (Mar-2002)
8 - Tracking Bear (Apr-2003)
9 - Plant Them Deep (Nov-2003)
10 - Wind Spirit (Apr-2004)
11 - White Thunder (Apr-2005)
12 - Mourning Dove (Apr-2006)
13 - Turquoise Girl (Apr-2007)
14 - Coyote's Wife (Oct-2008)
15 - Earthway (Nov-2009)
16 - Never-Ending-Snake (Sep-2010)
17 - Black Thunder (Nov-2011)
18 - Ghost Medicine (Nov-2013)

A Lee Nez Novel

1 - Second Sunrise (Nov-2002)
2 - Blood Retribution (Oct-2004)
3 - Pale Death (Oct-2005)
4 - Surrogate Evil (Dec-2006)

A Sister Agatha Mystery

1 - Bad Faith (Nov-2002)
2 - Thief in Retreat (Dec-2004)
3 - Prey for a Miracle (Jun-2006)
4 - False Witness (Jun-2007)
5 - The Prodigal Nun (Jul-2008)
6 - Bad Samaritan (Jun-2010)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Second Shadow

    Landing her first commission in the restoration of the Mendoza hacienda, Tewa Native American and promising architect Irene Pobikan discovers a twenty-year corpse on the site and finds herself in grave danger. Reprint....

  • Blackening Song

    An Ella Clah Novel - 1

    Blackening Song is the first Ella Clah novel in award-winning authors Aimée and David Thurlo's mystery series about a Navajo FBI agent assigned to solve crimes on her reservation. Ella Clah returns to the reservation to investigate the murder of he...

  • Death Walker

    An Ella Clah Novel - 2

    Death Walker is the "suspenseful and appealing" (New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon) second mystery in award-winning authors Aimée and David Thurlo's Ella Clah series. Returning to the Navajo Reservation and solving her father's murder...

  • Bad Medicine

    An Ella Clah Novel - 3

    Set on the Navajo reservation packed with Native American wisdom, Aimee and David Thurlo's Ella Clah novels are written with a sharp eye for conflict between the traditionalist and modernist ways of life. Former FBI Agent Ella Clah is now a special i...

  • Enemy Way

    An Ella Clah Novel - 4

    Former FBI agent Ella Clah is now a Special Investigator with the native police force. Her brother, Clifford, a medicine man, says that her investigative skills are gifts from the spirits who guard and guide the Navajo, but Ella insists it's her FBI ...

  • Shooting Chant

    An Ella Clah Novel - 5

    As Shooting Chant opens, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is newly pregnant. Though unmarried, she has no fears about her child's acceptance by her family; according to Navajo tradition, a child is always of its mother's clan. But can Ell...

  • Red Mesa

    An Ella Clah Novel - 6

    Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is on the run. Justine, Ella's cousin and fellow officer, disappeared after the two women argued publicly over Justine's new boyfriend. Human bones are discovered at the spot where the younger woman had to...

  • Changing Woman

    An Ella Clah Novel - 7

    In the Navajo tradition, Changing Woman represents life springing up from nothing. She is the ultimate hope of the world. She is Woman, who embodies all the mysteries of life. Change surrounds Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah. The fath...

  • Bad Faith

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 1

    THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS Once she was Professor Mary Naughton, investigative reporter, teacher, and free spirit. Now she is Sister Agatha of Our Lady of Hope, a cloistered, financially-struggling monastery in New Mexico. As an extern-a nun who han...



  • Second Sunrise

    A Lee Nez Novel - 1

    New Mexico State Police Officer Lee Nez is a night-walker, a Navajo vampire. Thanks to the quick work of a Navajo shaman. Lee can walk about in the day and prefers his blood- refrigerated--but his vampire nature makes him a magnet for other supernatu...

  • Tracking Bear

    An Ella Clah Novel - 8

    Is nuclear power the future for the Navajo? NEED, a consortium of businessmen, plans to open uranium mine and nuclear power plant on the Navaj Reservation, providing cheap power and jobs. For many Dineh, the NEED project looks like a wonderful opp...

  • Plant Them Deep

    An Ella Clah Novel - 9

    Medicine men and members of the Plant Watchers society report that sacred healing plants are disappearing from the Rez. In an effort to locate and protect the rare plants, the tribal council asks Rose for help. She faces strong opposition both from h...

  • Wind Spirit

    An Ella Clah Novel - 10

    When an arson fire claims the life of the wife of a Navajo Councilmember who spearheaded gun control measures, tensions flare throughout the Rex. Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah's search for the killers is hampered by what happened to he...

  • Blood Retribution

    A Lee Nez Novel - 2

    Lee Nez is a nightwalker-a Navajo vampire-and a New Mexico state police officer. Investigating cop-killing smugglers who are bringing in jewels and silver from Mexico, Lee is teamed once again with sexy FBI agent Diane Lopez, who knows Lee is a vamp...

  • Thief in Retreat

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 2

    EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN... A former investigative reporter, Sister Agatha has more than her fair share of spiritual challenges as an extern, a nun responsible for her cloistered order's dealings with the outside world. Still, she's instantly i...

  • White Thunder

    An Ella Clah Novel - 11

    In White Thunder, the tenth Ella Clah novel from Aimee and David Thurlo, Ella must find a missing FBI agent who interrupted a Sing. FBI area supervisor Simmons asks the Navajo Tribal Police to help locate Andrew Thomas, a federal agent who disappeare...

  • Pale Death

    A Lee Nez Novel - 3

    A string of mysterious, gruesome deaths in the Shiprock area has attracted the attention of FBI agent Diane Lopez, who is stunned to learn that one of the victims was a childhood friend. To Diane, the killer is unmistakably a vampire--but the only va...

  • Mourning Dove

    An Ella Clah Novel - 12

    What seems to be a carjacking gone wrong leads to the death of Jimmy Blacksheep, a Navajo member of the New Mexico National Guard recently returned from Iraq. When Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah receives a mysterious package in the mail...

  • Prey for a Miracle

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 3

    DIVINE INTERVENTION Sister Agatha is an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery near a small New Mexican desert town. As an extern, Sister Agatha is the link between her cloistered sisters and the outside world. Usually ...



  • Surrogate Evil

    A Lee Nez Novel - 4

    It's frustrating for local law enforcement to come up against a piece of scum like Newton Glover. He's dirty as hell, everyone knows that -- breaks into and vandalizes his neighbors' homes; cheats and steals from everyone; folks suspect he deals dru...

  • Turquoise Girl

    An Ella Clah Novel - 13

    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 the latest violent murder of a young Navajo woman. Something about the crime scene reminds Ella of h...

  • False Witness

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 4

    A BLESSING IN DISGUISE Situated in rural New Mexico, Our Lady of Hope Monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft and skilled jobs suited to the nuns' cloistered, contemplative life. When a stolen SUV crashes through their outside walls, O...

  • The Prodigal Nun

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 5

    Our Lady of Hope is an aging monastery run by a cloistered order in rural New Mexico. Perennially cash-strapped for needed repairs and maintenance, when the local diocese offers to pay for a new water well it is, well, a godsend. But there's a catch ...

  • Coyote's Wife

    An Ella Clah Novel - 14

    Ella Clah is no longer an unsure young woman recently returned to the Navajo Reservation from a stint with the FBI; she has found her place in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Dine at their worst--and at their best--as they balan...

  • Earthway

    An Ella Clah Novel - 15

    Ella Clah has found her place on the Navajo Reservation, in her tribe, her clan, and her family. She has seen the Dine at their worst--and at their best--as they balance the modern era with the traditional Navajo way of life. The Navajo are building...

  • Bad Samaritan

    A Sister Agatha Mystery - 6

    Sister Agatha of the Our Lady of Hope monastery in Bernalillo, New Mexico has become reknowned -- and occasionally infamous -- for her crime solving skills. Now she must bring her skills to bear on her most important case yet -- her friend and ally ...

  • Never-Ending-Snake

    An Ella Clah Novel - 16

    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 justi...

  • Black Thunder

    An Ella Clah Novel - 17

    A construction crew found the first body. The cops found three more, in a cluster that lay on both sides of the border of the Navajo Reservation. Because some of the bodies were buried outside the Rez, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah ...

  • A Time of Change

    A Time of Change is a perfect example of the Thurlos's ability to combine passion with tension as they introduce readers to Josephine Buck and other employees at a New Mexico trading post. When The Outpost's owner dies, Josephine, a young Navajo woma...



  • Ghost Medicine

    An Ella Clah Novel - 18

    Aimee and David Thurlo’s newest mystery Ghost Medicine, featuring Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah. Ella takes all her cases personally, but some cases are more personal than others. The murder of Harry Ute is one of those -- not o...

  • The Pawnbroker

    A Charlie Henry Mystery - 1

    Charlie Henry is the proud new owner of the Three Balls pawnshop, having recently returned Stateside from special-ops work in Iraq. The transition back to normal life seems to be going smoothly for him and his Army buddy and co-owner of the shop, Gor...

  • Grave Consequences

    A Charlie Henry Mystery - 2

    Charlie Henry, former Special Forces operative and newly minted pawnbroker, thinks that he's finally turned a corner and the calm, quiet life he's always wanted is just ahead. But life never really works out that way. A young Navajo man comes into...

  • Looking Through Darkness

    Josephine Buck runs a trading post just off the Navajo Reservation. Widow Leigh Ann Vance is Jo's right-hand-woman, filling the emptiness in her own life. Shortly after her husband, Kurt, was killed, Leigh Ann discovered he had been having a string o...

  • Rob Thy Neighbor

    A Charlie Henry Mystery - 3

    Charlie Henry and his friends are enjoying a cookout on a relaxing Sunday afternoon. But when a gunshot rings out in the neighborhood, Charlie is abruptly brought back to a world he's all too familiar with. As he and best friend Gordon run to the ...

  • Kill the Heroes

    A Charlie Henry Mystery - 4

    Charlie Henry, co-owner of a pawnshop and Iraq war veteran, has, for the most part, settled into his somewhat quieter life in Albuquerque. He is invited to attend the dedication of a memorial in a park, where he, other local heroes, and first respond...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo has published 35 books.

Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kill the Heroes, was published in September 2017.

The first book by Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo, Second Shadow, was published in November 1993.

Yes. Aimee Thurlo; David Thurlo has 4 series.
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