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R. Allen Chappell
Full Series List in Order
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)
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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Boy Made of Dawn
- Nov-2013
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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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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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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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Magpie Speaks
- Feb-2016
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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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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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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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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 s...
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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 ne...
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Falling Girl
- Jan-2020
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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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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 h...
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Billy Moon
- Dec-2024
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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 f...
