JACK MATTHEWS

Newly Released! ‘Arroyo of Shells’

October 5, 2024

“I read Jack’s first book, ‘Death at La Osa,’ and it was really good. But this book really kicked butt,” Carol B., Independent Scholar.

“Reading his second book was like meeting old, good friends again, after a long absence,” George C., Blinn College.

Quick links to order ‘Arroyo of Shells’

Bookshop.org https://bit.ly/3ZDCGgO

Amazon.com https://amzn.to/3ZOhghk

Barnes & Noble https://bit.ly/3YcHXea

Available as an eBook at Amazon and Barnes and Noble: eBook 978-1-61139-749-9.

Consider ordering through independent bookstores and gift shops–Op.Cit. in Taos and Santa Fe, NM; SOMOS in Taos; Collected Works, Santa Fe; Detours in La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe; The Silver Moon Cafe gift shop in Santa Rosa, NM; Tea and Leaves, Fort Worth, TX; Monkey and Dog Books, Fort Worth; Wild Detectives Bookshop, Oak Cliff, TX; Gingerbreadstation, Midlothian, TX; Star Bookstore, Abilene, TX; and Intermission Bookshop, Brownwood, TX.

Newly released is ‘Arroyo of Shells: A Pueblo Tribal Police Mystery,’ published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The novel, featuring the same characters and background as in ‘Death at La Osa,’ is tribal policeman Tafoya and U.S. Forest Service biology specialist Janet Rael search for stolen museum items and apprehension of a murderer in the high country of northern New Mexico. An attempt at kiva revitalization carries the story into noir-mystical worlds of pueblo ceremonialism and Navajo mythology. Three cultures interact, forming a matrix of detail of Puebloan, Hispano, and Anglo dynamics. Available through Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org.

Quick links to order ‘Arroyo of Shells’

Bookshop.org https://bit.ly/3ZDCGgO

Amazon.com https://amzn.to/3ZOhghk

Barnes & Noble https://bit.ly/3YcHXea

Available as an eBook at Amazon and Barnes and Noble: eBook 978-1-61139-749-9.

Jack’s ‘Death at La Osa’ novel can be ordered from the links below!

September 23, 2023

“Death at La Osa has everything: anthropology history, genealogy, culture, and, of course, a great plot. The geography makes you believe you are there. It is an excellent book, and the story flows so well you do not want to put it down. LOVE IT!” Carroll B., FB, Nov. 3, 2022, Independent Scholar.

North of Taos, New Mexico, an unidentified murder victim wearing a belt with a turquoise buckle of rare dendrite quality is discovered on the edge of the Tulona Reservation. Introducing Tribal Policeman Richard Tafoya and Forest Service Biology Specialist Janet Rael, these two newly-acquainted friends follw leads from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the Navajo Reservation in the west. The Tulona ceremonies of pole climbing and racing on Feast Day provide mystical overlays of their investigation. Along the way, Tafoya and Rael brave high mountain altitudes, desert mesas, National Forests, and sharp changes in the weather from desert heat to snow and rain. The story plays out within four cultures: Puebloan, Hispano, Anglo, and Mexican. This is the first book of the series.

THESE LINKS TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE WEBSITES FOR ORDERING ‘DEATH AT LA OSA’!

BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORES: https://bit.ly/3pmlGsY.

AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3zMXWSr.

INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP.ORG: https://bookshop.org/shop/jackmatthews.

Available as an eBook at Amazon and Barnes and Noble: eBook 978-1-61139-6232.

**Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico**

Writing ‘Death at La Osa’ Inspired by Arizona’s Nature

November 5, 2024

I attended the Western Writers of America Conference in Tucson several years ago and we toured a museum on the Arizona State University campus. The museum was fascinating, but I was also intrigued by the cactus garden outside. I was writing ‘Death at La Osa’ at the time.

JACK MATTHEWS

Hard-boiled, noir mysteries set among Puebloan, Hispano, Anglo, and Mexican cultures in northern New Mexico.