Ella Clah faces new challenges in her personal and professional life in Mourning Dove, the newest Southwestern mystery by AimŽe and David Thurlo. Life in the Clah household is about to become more complicated, as Ella+s mother Rose decides to remarry and the father of Ella+s daughter, Dawn, announces his desire for full custody.Jimmy Blacksheep, a member of the New Mexico National Guard, is killed shortly after he returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Investigating, Ella turns up evidence of corruption in Blacksheep+s National Guard unit-corruption which might involve Blacksheep+s brother, a local police officer. Ella will have to play this one very close to her bullet-proof vest . . .