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The Dark Wind

โœ Scribed by Tony Hillerman


Publisher
Harper Paperbacks;HarperCollins e-Books
Year
1990;2014
Tongue
English
Weight
202 KB
Category
Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

โœฆ Synopsis


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 casea 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.


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