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Path of the Dead

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Death Waits in the Dark

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Praise for Path of the Dead

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

"Combining the gait of a fine horse, the comfort of your favorite Indian blanket, and the ease of a well-worn saddle, Mark Edward Langley's Path of the Dead  is one heck of a debut novel!"

Margaret Coel, New York Times Best-selling Author of Winter's Child

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

"A dark and gripping novel, filled with suspense and heart-stopping twists . . . Path of the Dead  is a smash debut. Don't miss it!"

David Thurlo, Author of the critically acclaimed Ella Clah Novels

Craig Johnson, New York Times best-selling Author of the Longmire Series

David Thurlo, Author of the critically acclaimed Ella Clah Novels

"A lightning-paced manhunt . . . This character-driven tale will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last page!"

Carol Crigger, Western Writer's of America December 2018

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

David Thurlo, Author of the critically acclaimed Ella Clah Novels

"A chase from New Mexico to Montana and the Canadian border is a race against time, the ticking clock already upping tense action. Along the way, Arthur relies on his friends and his wolf-dog and the end will leave you breathless. The book sustains a high level of page-turning suspense. Here is a villain with no redeeming qualities pitted against a determined hero!"

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

"This thriller has legs under it; and when they get pumping---when the chase is on---you will sweep yourself to the end in a flurry of turning pages!"

Midwest Book Review, September 2018

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

Jerry Peterson, author of Early's Fall and Early's Winter

All the more impressive when considering that "Path of the Dead" is the debut of Mark Edward Langley as a novelist, this inherently riveting read showcases his genuine flair for character and narrative driven storytelling. While especially and unreservedly recommended for community library Mystery/Suspense collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs.

Praise for DEATH WAITS IN THE DARK

William Kent Krueger, New York Times Best-selling author of This Tender Land and Ordinary Grace

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

William Kent Krueger, New York Times Best-selling author of This Tender Land and Ordinary Grace

 With Death Waits in the Dark, Mark Edward Langley offers readers an utterly compelling portrait of human beings struggling to deal with the aftermath of great trauma. Langley writes about the great Southwest with a loving eye for detail that fans of Tony and Anne Hillerman will readily embrace. I was utterly captured by this fine second novel in the Arthur Nakai series. Along with those who are already fans, I can only hope that there will be many more stories to come. I recommend this book with a full heart.  

Anne Hillerman, New York Times best-selling author of the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novels

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

William Kent Krueger, New York Times Best-selling author of This Tender Land and Ordinary Grace

Death Waits in the Dark tells a gritty story of betrayal, deceit, and danger through the eyes of Navajo protagonist Arthur Nakai. The tightly written noir plot moves from scene to scene like a thriller, building suspense in every page.

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

 In Death Waits in the Dark, Mark Edward Langley’s style is reminiscent of the great John D. MacDonald. Don’t miss this excellent second novel in this entertaining series  

Carol Crigger, Western Writer's of America, August 2020

Carol Crigger, Western Writer's of America, August 2020

Michael A. Black, author of Legends of the West, Dying Art and Cold Fury in the Executioner series

In Death Waits in the Dark, Mark Edward Langley has developed a well-thought-out plot regarding the oil and gas industry, especially on tribal lands, and the dangers of PTSD in America's returning warriors. Thought-provoking, this is a page-turner sure to rouse the reader's emotions.

Midwest Book Review, August 2020

Carol Crigger, Western Writer's of America, August 2020

Midwest Book Review, August 2020

 The second title in author Mark Edward Langley's 'Arthur Nakai Mystery' series, "Death Waits in the Dark" is a carefully crafted police procedural style mystery that provides the reader with an entertainingly original and inherently riveting read from cover to cover. While very highly and unreservedly recommended for community library Contemporary Mystery/Suspense collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of all dedicated mystery buffs.

Publisher's Weekly, July 2020

Carol Crigger, Western Writer's of America, August 2020

Midwest Book Review, August 2020

 Langley’s somber sequel to 2018’s The Path of the Dead finds former Marine Arthur Nakai at a Farmington, N.Mex., funeral home attending a service for one of his Marine buddies from Afghanistan, who recently shot himself, yet another victim of PTSD.  The action builds to a bittersweet ending. Descriptions of the starkly beautiful New Mexico landscape contrast with the poignant picture of the state’s poor and alcohol-stricken native peoples. Tony Hillerman fans may want to check this one out. 

Seattle Book Review, August 2020

Seattle Book Review, August 2020

Seattle Book Review, August 2020

Mark Edward Langley has written a compelling second book in his Arthur Nakai detective series.   The characters are well-rounded and intriguing, and there are plenty of red herrings to keep the mystery under wraps until the very end. Rated 4-Stars.

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Biography

I have always felt a kinship with the American Southwest from an early age.  When I was twelve years old, my parents took me out there, and my heart and soul were touched by the beauty of its landscape and its people. When I was older I began reading Robert B. Parker, then Mickey Spillane, then John D. McDonald, Ernest Hemingway, Tony Hillerman and, more recently, Craig Johnson of Longmire fame.  

       It was when I took a two week trip into the West of my youth in my thirties, that I realized I had found my true home.  I drove from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Glacier National Park, Montana, traveling through the beautiful and iconic scenery that was to become the majestic backdrop for my first novel, Path of the Dead. Upon revisiting New Mexico, doing research for my second novel, Death Waits in the Dark, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with a few Navajo people and have an open and respectful conversation.  I was also glad we were able to travel to the main location of Death Waits, and I was able to learn about its geologic history as well as its Navajo history. I learned so much that day, and continue to; yet, there is still more I knowledge I seek.

       The connection I feel with the land and its people played an intrical part in why I fell in love with the land and its beauty. I knew i had to create a world of characters that would one day inhabit it and would possibly be a pathway to bring awareness to a culture that I cared about.  There is way too much divisiveness in the world. When we chose to only see our differences we close off so many feelings; but when we are open to our similarities is when we grow as individuals. When my first goal became a reality, my second goal became  to move  to the southwest and immerse myself in the land and the Navajo people and their culture so I can gain a deeper understanding and a more spiritual connection.

     I wanted to honor the Native people of the Southwest and felt that Arthur Nakai was the best way to do that. I wanted to expose readers to the Navajo culture in a way that would educate them and well as expose them to the things they are dealing with on a daily basis. 

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My world

I have a total of 9 novels in the works, so far,  that will become the Arthur Nakai Mystery Series. Here is just a peek at the future of Arthur Nakai: My world is inhabited by extraordinary people.  People like Arthur Nakai,  an ex-marine and retired member of the Shadow Wolves, an ICE tactical unit made up of fifteen trackers from several Native American tribes recruited by Homeland Security to hunt human traffickers and drug smugglers on the U.S/Mexico border.   His wife, Sharon Keonie Nakai, is a KZRV-TV field reporter and weekend news anchor battling her own demons from the loss of their only child; Jake Bilagody, a Navajo Nation police Captain, now doing double duty by acting as police chief due to the result of a sudden vacancy, and Abraham Fasthorse, a Blackfoot from the mountains of Montana and also Arthur's old friend from his Shadow Wolf days.  Together, on occasion,  they find themselves wading through the swamp of racial discrimination, oil and gas fracking on sacred land, missing children, selfish politics, pornography, organ harvesting, art theft, uranium mining, and trying to connect two murders that took place thirty years apart . . .  all while trying to make a difference in the constant struggles facing the Native American people today in the beautiful, but harsh landscape of the American Southwest.

Bronson Pinchot to narrate the Arthur Nakai Series!

I am very pleased to announce that the Audiobook is now moving forward! I was given four people to chose from, all with samples of them reading passages from Path of the Dead, and I have made my choice. The actor is now aware and will begin recording the book. I am proud and extremely pleased to say the Bronson Pinchot will be the narrator for the first Arthur Nakai novel, Path of the Dead! You may all know him from TV's Perfect Strangers or of the feature film First Wives Club, but he has also worked extensively as an audiobook narrator for Blackstone Publishing, with over 100 recordings to his credit. AudioFile magazine even recognized him as the Best Voice in Fiction & Classics for his 2010 renderings. We are all pleased to confirm that he will be bringing Arthur Nakai, and the other rich characters that inhabit his world, to life.

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