The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez—a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto. Officer Jim Chee is devastated by the slaying of his good friend Del, and confounded by the prime suspect's refusal to utter a single word of confession or denial.
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believes there is much more to this outrage than what appears on the surface, as he and Jim Chee set out to unravel a complex weave of greed and death that involves a historical find and a lost fortune. But the hungry and mythical trickster Coyote is waiting, as always, in the shadows to add a strange and deadly new twist.
Book Details
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10
0061099325
ISBN-13
9780061099328
Publication Date
Dec 1992
Item Weight
0.40 pounds
Length
6.73 inch
Width
4.17 inch
Height
0.91 inch
First Sentence
OFFICER JIM CHEE was thinking that either his right front tire was a little low or there was something wrong with the shock on that side.
Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies.
