Dark Wind / Tony Hillerman / 214 pages

Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo tribal police goes out to investigate vandalism of a windmill on reservation property - again.  He finds a pair of boots in the brush and a dead man whose palms and soles have been scalped.  He also discovers a plane crash.  He is warned off the investigation by federal agents.  Are they involved in the theft of the plane's cargo - cocaine?  Jim Chee remains relentless in his search for the truth.  Tony Hillerman's "keen understanding of the Navajo culture and the American Southwest" provide an excellent framework for this haunting, suspenseful tale.