The Dark Wind Author:Tony Hillerman The corpse had been ?scalped,? its palms and soles removed after death. Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police knows immediately he will have his hands full with this case, a certainty that is supported by the disturbing occurrences to follow. A mysterious nighttime plane crash, a vanishing shipment of cocaine, and a bizarre attack on a w... more »indmill only intensify Chee?s fears. A dark and very ill wind is blowing through the Southwestern desert, a gale driven by Navajo sorcery and white man?s greed. And it will sweep away everything unless Chee can somehow change the weather.« less
A corpse in the desert-its face unidentifiable, its hands and feet flayed...A mysterious plane crash and a missing cache of cocaine..Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police had no business meddling in these matters, but . . . . .