The Dark Wind
Language: English
Chee Cultural Heritage Fiction General Horror stories Horror tales Jim (Fictitious character) Mystery & Detective Mystery fiction Navaho Indians Navajo Indians New Police Police - Southwestern States Police Procedural Political Southwest Southwestern States Suspense
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: May 15, 1990
Description:
Review
"A beauty of a thriller . . . exotic and compelling reading." -- _-- _Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A book to read with pleasure." -- _-- _Colorado Springs Sun
"Background, characters, story--all first rate." -- _-- _Amarillo Texas News
"Hillerman is first-rate . . . fresh, original, and higly suspenseful." -- _-- _The Los Angeles Times
"Hillerman's best book in an already strong series." -- _-- _The New Republic
"Tony Hillerman continues to teach and delight." -- _-- _Ashville, N.C. Citizen-Times
Product Description
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 windmill 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.