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Jena Burges

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Coyote Alibi was a 2019 Public Library Association regional winner for fiction. In the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, it was named Best Arizona Book and Best Mystery.

J. & D. Burges are a husband-and-wife writing team. Having lived for many years on the edge of the Navajo Nation, they write with cheerful authority about open spaces, big lakes, and the unique mix of cultures captured in their Sage Landing stories.

Their mysteries are now hatched in a cottage in the woods near a lake. It’s a great place to plot light-hearted homicides, capers, scams, and other fictional mischief. .

They can’t resist tinkering with each other’s work. It’s often hard for them to remember which story idea originated where and whose words made it into the fin ...more

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	Coyote Alibi (Naomi Manymules Book 1) by Jena Burges (Goodreads Author), Dennis Burges 4.27 avg rating — 2,047 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bear Witness (Naomi Manymules #2) by Jena Burges (Goodreads Author), Dennis Burges 4.42 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graves Gate by Dennis Burges, Jena Burges (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives of Literacy From the United States by Cynthia L. Selfe, Gail E Hawisher, Damon J Davis (Contributor) 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Chief Rodriguez decided to take a boys-will-be-boys attitude.” “And girls-will-be-girls. I guess.”
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“Actually, at that time the stray cat population of Sage Landing was a problem. Chief Rodriguez decided to take a boys-will-be-boys attitude.” “And girls-will-be-girls. I guess.”
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