Plant Them Deep

by Aimee Thurlo and David Thurlo

• ISBN13: 9780765304780
• ISBN10: 0765304783
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

ith her son, Clifford Destea, a highly-respected healer, and her daughter, Ella Clah, a Special Investigator with the Navajo Police, Rose Destea is uniquely positioned between the traditionalist and modernist sides of Navajo life. Navajo healers and members of the Plant Watchers society report that healing plants sacred to the Navajo are disappearing from the Reservation. The tribal Council asks Rose to make a catalog of plants despite strong opposition from hataaliis reluctant to reveal their secret gathering places. Rose finds evidence that many plants have been stolen. Observing Ella at work has taught Rose a thing or two about conducting an investigation-enough that Rose is soon up to her neck in trouble. Plant Them Deep is a stand-alone novel that complements the Ella Clah series and will deepen readers' understanding of the Navajo world.

Author Biography

Aimée and David Thurlo have been married for more than thirty years and have been writing novels together for nearly that long, in a variety of genres including romance, young adult, and mystery. They have three ongoing mystery series, the Sister Agatha series, starring a cloistered nun, the Lee Nez series, featuring a Navajo vampire who teams up with a female FBI agent to fight crimes that have elements of the supernatural, and their flagship series, the critically-acclaimed Ella Clah novels. Several Ella Clah novels, including Tracking Bear, Red Mesa, and Shooting Chant, have received starred reviews from Booklist.

David Thurlo was raised on the Navajo Indian Reservation and later taught school in Shiprock, also on the Rez. Aimée, a native of Havana, Cuba, has lived in New Mexico for more than thirty years. The Thurlos share their home with dogs, horses, and various pet rodents. They have written more than fifty novels which have been published in more than twenty countries.