Turquoise Girl

By David Thurlo and Aimée Thurlo

Book Overview

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?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076531715X
• ISBN13: 9780765317155
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Torquise Girl

The book I received was in excellent shape. I love the Ella Clah Series. I so enjoy books written by Aimee & David Thurlo. I was very pleased with my purchase.

The Turquoise Girl

Once again the Thurlo's have given us a great mystery. This book is a continuation of their great Ella Clah series and one of the best. If you like Tony Hillerman, Margaret Coel, and Michael McGarrity, then this series is for you. I strongly suggest that you start with the first book of the series and read them straight thru.

Turquoise Girl

This was a very good - grab you from the first chapter - type of book. I read it in one day and received great joy from this story.

Turquoise Girl

As usual the Thurlo's bring the modern Navajo (Dine) into perspective with the old melding in to give demension to the culture. The mystery was good as well. It is always a pleasure to read characters who have substance and who are so real you want to count them as friends.

strong contemporary Native American police procedural

Navaho Police Special Investigator Ella Clah feels down because her mother moved into her new husband's home while her place is being renovated and her daughter is staying with her father. She also has to live with her partner Justine and her roommate until the repairs are completed. Her professional life heats up when Ella prevents a riot from igniting as protestors try to halt construction of a nuclear plant. She notices a stranger wearing sunglasses on the site. An anonymous call leads Ella to the home of Valerie Tso, who was tortured with her body garbed in church clothing while she was "baptized" in the bathtub with a note from the bible nearby. Besides the gruesome crime scene the homicide further disturbs Ella who is not sure why until she remembers she worked a similar case while working as as an FBI agent in California. She quickly links her current case to two other women dying in a similar horrific way with their children executed. Ella finds a link involving her father's church years ago that also means she and her family are in jeopardy from an unknown adversary with a religious grudge. Aimee and David Thurlo has written some of the best contemporary Native American police procedurals on the market in recent years as readers over the course of the Clah series investigations obtain a taste of the Navaho culture while also being entertained. TURQUOISE GIRL lives up to those expectations with a strong whodunit and a look at the debate between the traditionalists and the modernization groups. Ella is at her best as her inquiries lead her moving deftly between the two opposing sectors when her case suddenly turns personal. Harriet Klausner