Blackening Song is the debut of Navajo FBI agent Ella Clah, who returns to the reservation to investigate the murder of her father, a minister. The ritual nature of the killing makes Ella’s brother, a medicine man, the prime suspect. Without cooperation from the tribe, the FBI, or the local police, Ella must plumb the depths of the struggle between traditionalist and modernist forces among the Navajo to find her father’s murderer.
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Sexual Content - 1/5
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Violence - 4/5
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Language - 1/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 2/5
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Summary
Overall This is an excellent debut book for a series that feature Ella Clah, a very successful FBI agent who goes home to her Navajo Reservation to find out who murdered her father. Ella is tough and resilient as she encounters push back from her friends and family, who consider her an outsider for leaving the reservation. I don't want to give anything else away, but this is a great read.
Violence The violence fits in with the story and is not gratuitous.
Review by cyndiarmyers