The Wailing Wind
The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman, published by HarperCollins on March 25, 2003, is a first edition work comprising 368 pages. This narrative follows Officer Bernadette Manuelito as she discovers a dead man in an abandoned pickup truck, leading to complications for her supervisor, Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. The story intertwines with the past, as the legendary former Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is drawn out of retirement to confront the echoes of a long-ago crime that still haunt him.
Readers will find a complex mystery that delves into themes of crime and the impact of past events on the present. The plot reveals connections between current murders and unresolved issues from years prior, as the characters navigate the haunting landscapes of the Southwestern hills. The book explores the intricacies of police procedural work within an Indigenous context, offering insights into the challenges faced by the characters as they unravel the secrets carried by the desert wind.
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Officer Bernadette Manuelito found the dead man slumped over in the cab of a blue pickup abandoned in a dry gulch off a dirt road—with a rich ex-con’s phone number in his pocket … and a tobacco tin nearly filled with tracer gold. It’s her initial mishandling of the scene that spell trouble for her supervisor, Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police—but it’s the echoes of a long ago crime that call the legendary former Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn out of retirement. Years earlier, Leaphorn followed the trail of a beautiful, young, and missing wife to a dead end, and his failure has haunted him ever since. But ghosts never sleep in these high, lonely Southwestern hills. And the twisted threads of craven murders past and current may finally be coming together, thanks to secrets once moaned in torment on the desert wind.
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