Allen Chappell's gripping Day Of The Dead, the 8th in his Navajo Nation Mystery series, further establishes this author’s place in the hierarchy of southwestern writers of note.ĭay of the Dead - a review by Rosemary Kenny And while the spirit of a serial killer whispers to Tressa Tarango, Paul T'Sosi finds himself suspended between life and death-and with only one old friend to rescue him from the darker forces of both the real and ethereal world. With a rock solid grip on the people, history and lives of the Diné, Chappell now leads the reader further into a world of mystery and intrigue as two powerful cultures clash.
The dead have secrets yet to tell, and in the mysterious world of the desert southwest, no writer tells them better than Chappell. Though his murderous rampage will keep him from heaven-Tressa hopes she might yet secure him a higher place in hell. Only she can ensure Luca’s troubled spirit finds peace in the underworld. She doesn't know who killed him and only by venturing among warring drug cartels can she exact the revenge to pacify his restless soul. Though his books are works of fiction, a concerted effort is made to maintain the accuracy of the culture and people as he has come to know them.Tressa Tarango’s husband lost his soul somewhere on the cold high desert of the Navajo Reservation. I hope you like them as well as I do.Īt home in Western Colorado, Chappell continues to pursue a lifelong interest in the prehistory of the Four Corners region and its people. Though this book is a work of fiction, a concerted effort was made to maintain the accuracy of the culture and people as I have come to know them. They have much the same qualities, good and bad, as the rest of us. I tend not to romanticize my characters, preferring instead to paint them as I find them.
My writing focuses on the people of the Four Corners region, past and present. Those friendships became the inspiration for this series. I grew up with the Navajo, went to school with them and later worked alongside them, forging enduring friendships along the way. The greater part of my life has been spent in the Southwest, a good bit of it in the back-country.
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