NO WORD FROM HELL: A Navajo Nation Mystery

by R. Allen Chappell

After spending only a short time among his long estranged family, the inscrutable Marvin T'Sosi disappears into the night along with a small band of foreign patriots. Months pass before his daughter’s urgent inquiries finally bring a truly heartrending reply and from the old man himself. Just four “I am in Hell.”
Lucy Tallwoman and her husband, Thomas Begay keep this staggering revelation to themselves, thinking they will likely hear something further. Yet as several anxious days pass in silence, they call their old friend, Charlie Yazzie, believing the Legal Services Investigator might now be their only option… And therein lies a tale even stranger than that of Marvin T’Sosi, himself.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication November 5, 2026

About the author

R. Allen Chappell, the author of eight novels and a collection of short stories, grew up with the Navajo, went to school with them and later worked alongside them, forging enduring friendships along the way. "Those friendships," the author says, "became the inspiration for this series."