An Albuquerque ceramics dealer soon turns amateur sleuth after he gets a 3D-printed pot to die for.Hubie Schuze usually digs through the dirt—often illegally—to find the ancient ceramics he sells in his shop, Spirits in Clay. But thanks to his nephew, Tristan, a computer science student at the University of New Mexico, Hubie receives a unique 3D-printed pot. And after a photo of it runs in the local paper, it becomes a popular item.Unfortunately, the pot is s...

A New Mexico pottery dealer cracks a perplexing mystery in this "winning blend of humor and character development" ( Publishers Weekly).Hubert Schuze is an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and he has a fairly lucrative side gig digging up ancient relics and selling them. He also seems to have a talent for finding killers. When Hubie discovers a body outside his pottery shop, it appears the victim was stabbed in the back wit...

An Albuquerque pottery dealer looking for artifacts finds murder and intrigue in this "smartly funny" series (Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter).A dealer in ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years searching the public lands of New Mexico for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, he's a thief, but Hubie knows the real crime would be to allow age-old traditions to die. He honors preh...

First in the lively, laugh-filled series featuring a New Mexico pottery dealer with a side job as an amateur sleuth.A dealer of ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years combing the public lands of New Mexico, digging for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, Hubie is a thief—but no act of Congress could stop him from doing what he loves. For decades, Hubie has worn the title of pot thief proudly. Outright b...

The pot thief is going back to school, but someone on campus is trying for a different kind of degree—murder in the first—in this "smartly funny series" (Anne Hillerman).Before making a somewhat notorious name for himself as a salvager of antiquated pottery and other desert artifacts, Hubie Schuze was an eager student at the University of New Mexico—right up until they booted him out. Now, he's back at UNM as a pottery teacher. It should be a breeze, but campus lif...

A Southwestern sleuth tries to retrieve some relics—and solve a murder—in a novel by an author who "knows how to hook the reader from the get-go" ( Albuquerque Journal).Pot thief Hubie Schuze is back, and this time his larceny is for a good cause. He wants to recover sacred relics lifted from San Roque, a mysterious pueblo that is closed to outsiders. Usually Hubie finds his pottery a few feet underground—but these artifacts are one hundred fifty feet abov...

Albuquerque pottery dealer/treasure hunter/sleuth Hubie Schuze is back digging up trouble—in this collection of three books from the "smartly funny" series (Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter).A dealer in ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years searching the public lands of New Mexico for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, he's a thief, but Hubie knows the real crime would be to...

This Southwest-set tale about a hunt for a precious relic offers a "nice mix of comedy and mystery" from an award-winning author ( Booklist).A dealer in traditional Native American pottery, Hubie Schuze scours New Mexico in search of ancient treasures. The Bureau of Land Management calls him a criminal, but Hubie knows that the real injustice would be to leave the legacies of prehistoric craftspeople buried in the dirt.In all his travels across the ...

The pot thief discovers that archaeology is not nearly as cutthroat as the restaurant businessA treasure hunter, pottery dealer, and occasional manufacturer of imitation American Indian artifacts, Albuquerque's Hubie Schuze knows quite a bit about throwing clay. But ancient Native American pottery is not really intended for dining, so he is puzzled when a restaurateur comes to him asking for dinner plates. The job sounds boring, but the fee does not: $25,000 for one...

A pottery mystery that's "perfectly delightful and funny . . . full of engaging characters, fast dialogue, and tasty descriptions of the New Mexico culture" ( Kings River Life Magazine).Eighty years ago, D. H. Lawrence moved to Taos to make a home for himself in the mountains of New Mexico. To welcome the famed writer, his neighbor brought over a stew and left the container as a gift. But this was no Tupperware—it was a handcrafted pot made in the ancient ...

A shady pottery collector is murdered in sunny New Mexico in this mystery in a "winning series" (Susan Wittig Albert).Maybe it was the chance to make an easy $2,500. Or maybe it was the opportunity to examine a treasure trove of Anasazi pots—or maybe it was just a slow day at the antiques shop that convinced Hubie Schuze to agree to a strange proposition. A reclusive collector wants a confidential appraisal, with one catch: Hubie must be blindfolded and driven to a...

An award-winning author offers a fresh look at the code of conduct set forth in the Old Testament.The Ten Commandments are in dire need of an update. After all, how many of us truly understand what it means to covet something? Or what constitutes making a graven image? But how do we revise the Bible? Isn't it blasphemous to suggest that the Word of God needs improvement?Author J. Michael Orenduff, who taught philosophy and religion for forty years, is not p...