num_pages: 307
description: Dont miss the TV series Dark Winds  based on the Leaphorn Chee &amp; Manuelito novels now on AMC and AMC! New York Times Bestseller Fans of Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito characters created by the authors father Tony Hillerman will savor this multilayered story of suspense with its background of contemporary environmental vs. development issues.  Library Journal A deadly bombing takes Navajo Tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito Jim Chee and their mentor the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn back into the past to find a vengeful killer in this riveting Southwestern mystery from the bestselling author of Spider Womans Daughter and Rock with Wings. When a car bomb kills a young man in the Shiprock High School parking lot Officer Bernadette Manuelito discovers that the intended victim was a mediator for a multi-million-dollar development planned at the Grand Canyon. But what seems like an act of ecoterrorism turns out to be something far more nefarious. Piecing together the clues Bernadette and her husband Sergeant Jim Chee uncover a scheme to disrupt the negotiations and inflame tensions between the Hopi and Dine tribes. Retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn has seen just about everything in his long career. As the tribal polices investigation unfolds he begins to suspect that the bombing may be linked to a cold case he handled years ago. As he Bernadette and Chee carefully pull away the layers behind the crime they make a disturbing a meticulous and very patient killer with a long-simmering plan of revenge. Writing with a clarity and grace that is all her own Anne Hillerman depicts the beauty and mystery of Navajo Country and the rituals myths and customs of its people in a mystery that builds on and complements the beloved bestselling mysteries of her acclaimed father Tony Hillerman.
language: English
title: Song of the Lion
publisher: Harper