The Wailing Wind

About this book

Legendary detectives Leaphorn and Chee are pulled into mysteries old and new in this haunting tale of obsessive greed lost love and murder from the national literary and cultural sensation (Los Angeles Times)New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman. Tony Hillermans novels are like no others. His insightful portrayal of the vast Navajo Reservation the spirit-haunted people who inhabit it and the clash between ancient traditions and modern civilization that has shaped its present and will determine its future has produced a body of work unique in mystery fiction.San Diego Union-Tribune To Officer Bernie Manuelito the man curled on the truck seat was just another drunkwhich got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a murder scenewhich got Sgt. Jim Chee in trouble with the FBIwhich drew ex-Lieutenent Joe Leaphorn out of retirement into an old crime he longed to forget. Legends of the areas lost gold mines join the mountains and canyons of the Navajo Reservation as elements of Hillermans plot but this tale turns on an obsessive love and memories of a missing womans voice wailing in the darkness.