The Enemy Way: An Ella Clah Novel

The Enemy Way: An Ella Clah Novel by Thurlo, Aimée. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780812564594.

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 its her training that has her honed her instincts. The Navajo are in turmoil. the tribal police are spread thin throughout the vast reservation, trying to rein in gang violence, murderous drunk drivers, and race riots. Ellas newest assignment is to solve the murder of an old friends fiancee. Ella is shocked to discover signs of skinwalker activity in the womans home--was her friends fiancee a Navajo witch, a hereditary enemy of Ellas family. Ella must solve the murder, do something to stop drinking and driving on the Rez, and keep Navajo teenagers from killing each other, while trying to find and fight her oldest enemies.