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Coyote Waits (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 10)
Coyote Waits - Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 10 Author:Tony Hillerman 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.
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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.
When Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez is murdered, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee begin an investigation that unravels a complex plot involving an historical find, a lost fortune, and the mythical Coyote, who is always waiting--and always hungry.« less
Another in the wonderful series of books about the Navajo Tribal Police. You'll get a great mystery along with insight into and understanding of the Navajo people and their desert and mountain lands.