Arroyo of Shells: A Pueblo Tribal Police Mystery is the second novel in the series involving Tafoya and Janet Rael, a tribal policeman and U.S. Forest Service specialist respectively. Like Death at La Osa, Arroyo of Shells is a contemporary mystery set in northern New Mexico on the fictitious Tulona Pueblo, lying north of present-day Taos and Taos Pueblo.
Death at La Osa: A Pueblo Tribal Police Mystery is the first novel in a series involving Tribal Policeman Richard Tafoya and U.S. Forest Service specialist Janet Rael. The novel is a contemporary mystery set in northern New Mexico on the fictitious Tulona Pueblo, lying north of present-day Taos and Taos Pueblo.
Further, the novel is social interplay of four cultures: Puebloan, Hispano, Mexican, and Anglo.
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