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Name: Bad Medicine (Ella Clah)
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Author: David Thurlo

📘 Bad Medicine (Ella Clah) by David Thurlo

When Senator Yellowhair’s daughter dies in a suspicious car crash, Ella Clah, a Navajo policewoman, and Dr. Carolyn Roanhorse are accused of falsifying the autopsy. As an outbreak of meningitis spirals into unexplained deaths among vaccinated individuals, tensions flare between Indian and white workers at a Navajo-owned mine. With tribal police stretched thin, Ella feels that solving one mystery may unravel all the others. Amid threats from all sides and rumors of Navajo witches, she is determined to protect her people from both spiritual and physical dangers.

First publish date: 1998

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: David Thurlo

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