Search Results: NATIVE AMERICAN from Murder By The Book

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1992. A novel about politics amd romance as the new Southwest opens before hungry eyes. 1st Ed. DJ has small rubbings on top and spine, else, tight and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Walker, 1994. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Lightly soiled at page edges else about fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. Art dealer Alix Thorssen gets involved in a murder investigation when her brother-in-law is arrested for a murder on the Salish reservation in Montana. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket, New book. The 2nd mystery featuring Native American Lee Nez, a nightwalker - a Navajo vampire. Laid in is a SIGNED Navajo inspired bookplate, signed by both authors. He's also a New Mexico state police officer. Paired with FBI agent Diane Lopez, Lee is tracking down violent smugglers who have killed two cops while bringing silver and turquoise across the border from Mexico. Shocked to discover that the smugglers are Navajo shapeshifters/skinwalkers, Lee and Diane realize they must wipe out the whole pack, and fast, before the skinwalkers realize there's a nightwalker on their tails. Werewolves and vampires are deadly enemies.a Navajo vampire and New Mexico State Policeman.. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 1992. 1st edition, March 1992. Light reading crease else about fine copy. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. San Francisco. Charlie Spotted Moon -- Attorney-at-Law. He's an American Indian with a degree in law and a special gift for detection. What kind of man leaves women's corpses on the door steps of San Francisco's rich and famous?. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Paperback Original.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1993. First edition, 1st printing, January 1993, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Black of jacket shows some light rubbing. An AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Mystery. Introduces Bo Bradley, a child abuse investigator with San Diego's juvenile court system, who gets involved with an non-Indian deaf boy found on the Barona Ranch Indian Reservation. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1990. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn mystery. "Plumbing more deeply than ever the Navajo culture of Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee, Hillerman ( Talking God ) weaves an understated, powerful tale from strands of ancient Navajo mythology, modern greed and ambition, and, above all, the sorrows and delights of his characters. Although Chee is badly burned in an attempt to rescue fellow officer Delbert Nez, who has been shot and left in his burning car, he blames himself for Nez's death. On medical leave and off the case, Chee tries to facilitate the prompt prosecution of elderly shaman Ashie Pinto, found near the murder site in a drunken stupor, the weapon in his hand still smoking. Leaphorn, too, becomes unofficially involved when he agrees to investigate the charges against Pinto on behalf of the latter's… Read More

N.Y.: Random House, 1996. 1st ed. Top of pages lightly soiled else near fine in dust jacket. Native American Jane Whitefield returns in this her 2nd book. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest… Read More

N.Y.: Random House, 1996. 1st ed. Top of pages lightly soiled else near fine in dust jacket. Native American Jane Whitefield returns in this her 2nd book. "As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest highlights the personal price Whitefield pays for doing her… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1982. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket, no tears and not price clipped, $12.50 original price is still present A Jim Chee mystery. The corpse had been “scalped,” its palms and soles removed after death. Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police knows immediately he will have his hands full with this case, a certainty that is supported by the disturbing occurrences to follow. A mysterious nighttime plane crash, a vanishing shipment of cocaine, and a bizarre attack on a windmill only intensify Chee’s fears. A dark and very ill wind is blowing through the Southwestern desert, a gale driven by Navajo sorcery and white man’s greed. And it will sweep away everything unless Chee can somehow change the weather.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: St Martins Press, 1996. 1st edition, October 1996. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Texas author Martin's first novel and first in the Texana Jones Native American Mystery Series. WINNER OF THE WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA Medicine Pipe Bearer Award. "he borderland between Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande comes alive in this absorbing debut featuring Texana Jones, the owner of a trading post, and her veterinarian husband, Clay. Jones doesn't believe that her best friend, Maria Ortega-Deed, and her husband were killed by drug smugglers. So, when reclusive Rhea Fair, a curandera or healing woman, is found murdered in a similar manner, Jones is determined to get to the bottom of it. Fair, once owner of a large ranch, became a healer and herbalist after her sons were arrested for drug smuggling and fled across the border to Mexico while out on bail. Just before Ortega-Deed died, Fair had… Read More

Santa Fe: New Mexico: Red Crane Books, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dj. Author's 1st book. Murder & witchcraft set on Navajo & Jicarilla Apache lands. High praise from Hillerman. Small first printing of only 1000 copies. Ron Querry's debut novel, originally published in 1993 by Red Crane, is a foundational novel in contemporary Native American writing. Querry uses the alternating viewpoints of Gracie, Bernadette's younger sister, and Starr Stubbs, the wealthy New Yorker who lives just outside of Dulce, New Mexico-to detail the tragic end of Bernadette's life. The conflicting accounts create a compelling novel about heritage, family, and the dark magic of the twisted soul.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Saint Martin's Press, 2002. 1st edition, June 2002, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Attorney Noah Richards is offered a change of scenery: a stay in a brand new house on the shore near Seattle, with the best of two worlds--a wide view of the Cascade Mountains over the water and neighbors comfortably close. But his paradise crumbles early on as a group of Native Americans lay claim to the land that a new development, Edward's Bay, is on as well as the fishing rights and Noah finds the body of a murdered Native American law student who had been researching the claim.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001. 1st prtg. Bottom of pages slightly dusty, else a fine unread copy. Published simutaneously in trade paperback and hardcover. set against the posh Scottsdale, Arizona art scene and the nearby Indian reservation. Authors first book. At the age of four, Lena Jones was found lying unconscious by the side of an Arizona Highway, a bullet robbing her of any memories. Now a private detective and scarred survivor of a dozen foster homes, Lena has vowed to find the truth about her childhood. "A must read for any fan of the modern female PI novel." -"Publisher's Weekly". First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. New. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1996. 1st ed. Near fine in dj, couple of tears, rubbed along edges. Chicago detective, John Thinnes, teams up again with psychiatrist Jack Caleb to investigate the murder of Blue Mountain Cat, a Native American artist whose paintings have satirized and outraged some powerful people. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A JOE LEAPHORN/ JIM CHEE MYSTERY.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: St. Martin, 1992. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. 3rd Joshu Croft set in a Southwest Navajo reservation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St. Martin, 1992. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. 3rd Joshu Croft set in a Southwest Navajo reservation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1996. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and her friend Father John O'Malley investigate a body that has disappeared--a ghost walker.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1992. 1st. Edition, Feruary 1992 with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, light wear, in an acid-free archival acetate cover. - Previous owners name in ink on first page. FLAT-SIGNED by Hager on title page. During the opening ceremonies of the Cherokee Heritage celebration, two participants discover the body of a third-grade girl, brutally murdered, and half-Cherokee police chief Mitch Bushyhead must search for the killer. Signed by Author. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Berkeley Prime Crime, 2007. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A ROCKY AWARD FINALST (Best Mystery set in the Left Coast Crime geograhical area). Attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.