The Wailing Wind

A Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn Mystery

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Tony Hillerman: The Wailing Wind (AudiobookFormat, 2003, Recorded Books)

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English language

Published April 29, 2003 by Recorded Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4025-2904-7
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Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.To Officer Bernadette Manuelito, the man curled up on the truck seat was just another drunk -- which got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a crime scene -- which got Sergeant Jim Chee in trouble with the FBI -- which drew Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn out of retirement and back into the old "Golden Calf" homicide, a case he had hoped to forget.Nothing had seemed complicated about that earlier one. A con game had gone sour. A swindler had tried to sell wealthy old Wiley Denton the location of one of the West's multitude of legendary lost gold mines. Denton had shot the swindler, called the police, confessed the homicide, and done his short prison time. No mystery there.Except why …

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  • Audio Adult: Books On Tape
  • Fiction
  • Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural