Mark Sublette

Biography

Mark Sublette is the founder of Medicine Man Gallery and a former Naval Physician. He is the author of numerous catalogs on Native American subjects and is an authority on the artwork of Maynard Dixon. Sublette is a regular contributor for "Western Art Collector" and "Canyon Road Arts."

"Paint by Numbers" is the first book release in a series of Charles Bloom Murder Mysteries. The photographs featured in "Paint by Numbers" are his other love, which he shares on his website at www.marksublette.com.

Sublette lives in Tucson, AZ and Santa Fe, NM.

Where to find Mark Sublette online

Where to buy in print

Books

The Candy Man: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery (8th Book in Series)
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 87,730. Language: English. Published: September 25, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
In the eighth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series... Marvin Manycoats’ childhood friend Ricky Begay, long forgotten and presumed dead, is suddenly at the center of a story of corruption at the highest levels. Brought to light by fifty-year-old clues found buried in the desert floor in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation, the discovery is a death sentence for those who understand its
Stone Men: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery Series
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 66,710. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
In the fourth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series… Gallup, New Mexico, near the Navajo Reservation, is home base for an exclusive group of turquoise dealers known as stone men. When the most successful among them, “the President,” stumbles onto the greatest turquoise find in decades, unfortunately for him it’s on Navajoland and he’s not the only one who wants a piece of the claim. The
Guardian of the Cornfields: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 91,370. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
In the seventh book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series… An important undiscovered Maynard Dixon painting concealed wrapped in a blood-stained muslin cloth and protected by a rare dinosaur tooth fetish mysteriously appears for sale on the Navajo Nation. Unbeknownst to the artwork’s lucky new owners, Charles Bloom and Marvin Manycoats, the painting has a sordid background involving murder
Kayenta Crossing: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery (2nd Book in Series)
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 79,650. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In the second book in the series... On the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Carson Riddly is in the most remote medical clinic in the Indian Health Service. When a murder occurs on Doc Riddly’s watch, the talk turns to skinwalkers, gamblers, weavers, and drugs. Riddly reaches out to Bloom. If Riddly and Bloom can’t put the pieces together quickly enough, more will be added to the growing list of victims.
Indian School Days (6th in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery Series)
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 85,570. Language: English. Published: May 24, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
The sixth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series… In 1961, two Navajo boys must bet each other’s lives—and risk their most prized possessions—to escape the wrath of the sadistic headmaster of a Gallup Indian boarding school.
The Butterfly Twins: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery (5th Book in Series)
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 70,180. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
To ensure his family’s safety, Bloom must uncover the meaning of a pothunter’s plunder, expose an unethical international gallery owner, and solve a thousand-year-old mystery that centers on his Canyon Road art gallery.
Between the White Lines
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 88,520. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
This stand-alone thriller is from Mark Sublette, best known for his ongoing Charles Bloom Murder Mystery art series set in the Southwest. This thriller involves pro golf athletes, art business insiders, and a savvy real estate tycoon, as lives from varying backgrounds intersect to influence each other. This is a twist-and-turn hairpin ride.
Hidden Canyon: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery (3rd Book in Series)
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 75,340. Language: English. Published: December 3, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
For a thousand years, a hidden canyon has protected a masterpiece of petroglyphs deep inside the Navajo nation. Gallery owner Charles Bloom unwittingly promotes the sacred rock-art images and sets in motion a cascading series of events that leads to the worst kind of human being searching out these hidden petroglyphs, a psychopathic killer.
Paint by Numbers: A Charles Bloom Murder Mystery (1st Book in Series)
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 88,000. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Bloom’s on Canyon Road, owned by art dealer Charles Bloom, was once a powerhouse gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Then it lost its best-known artist, Willard Yellowhorse. Worse yet was Yellowhorse’s death after relocating to New York City and under very suspicious circumstances. With Paint by Numbers, Mark Sublette launches a fictional murder-mystery series centered in the Southwestern art world.