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3) Wild inferno
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Sandi Ault's compelling Wild Mysteries starring Federal Agent Jamaica Wild are infused with intimate details of Pueblo culture. Sent to rescue a man called Grampa Ned from a wildfire on the Southern Ute Reservation, Jamaica is surprised to find a severely burned firefighter separated from his crew. He mutters something cryptic, and soon she's on the trail of an even greater crime.
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The Delight Makers (1890) is a novel by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier with an introduction by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Written after nearly a decade of research spent living among the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, The Delight Makers attempts to recreate the past through a blend of fiction and historical analysis. This unique anthropological novel, although naturally limited in scope due to Bandelier's western worldview, is nevertheless a fascinating...
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In San Geronimo, New Mexico, a bizarre murder unearths the ancient secrets of the Anasazi. And rumors of evil flesh-eating spirits run rampant . . .
The murder of an esteemed archaeologist is fueling an already heated war between natives and the academics who excavate their land. And when the coroner confirms that the victim was cannibalized, the story takes a twisted turn . . .
Private eye Howard Moon Deer and ex-police chief Jack Wilder are on...
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A romp through the cultures of the southwest, starring Bluefeather Fellini, a down-and-out, half-Italian, half-Indian prospector. Eventually, his guiding spirit finds him work: a millionaire wants the caverns of New Mexico searched for 60 cases of 1880-vintage wine. The job pays well and as a bonus there is the company of the millionaire's daughter. They meet fantastic cavern-dwellers.
11) Kokopelli's gift
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When a stranger named Kokopelli arrives at a drought-stricken Puebloan village, he accepts gifts in exchange for teaching the villagers to sing and dance to bring the rain.
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A novel on 11th Century Indians in the area of New Mexico. They were the Anasazi and the book traces their customs, politics and wars. A tale of human sacrifice and massacres, as when a chief orders the execution of a village to thwart a prophecy that a stolen child will return to conquer his people. By the authors of People of the Lightning.
15) The visitant
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Two investigations, eight hundred years apart, into the 12th century murders of Indian women and children in what is now New Mexico. One is conducted by a tribal chief at the time they were committed, the other by an anthropologist in the present.
20) Wild sorrow
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Sandi Ault displays a mastery of natural detail and deft plotting in her riveting mysteries. The third novel featuring resource agent Jamaica Wild, Wild Sorrow finds Jamaica hunkering down in a blizzard at an abandoned Indian school-where she finds the corpse of a former school teacher.
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