The Ghostway / Tony Hillerman / 213 pages / Deceased Author Challenge

Navajo lawman, Jim Chee, investigates a shoot out at the local laundromat, the desecration of a Hogan, a missing Navajo, and his own future.  The FBI is involved, a witness to big crime is being protected, and Chee is desperate to catch the teenage granddaughter of the missing Indian before she gets into big trouble.  He also has to decide if he is going to accept a job offered him by the FBI and leave the reservation to marry his sweetheart, Mary.  Plenty of twists and turns along with Chee's deliberations make this an enchanting read set amount the "shimmering colors of the Southwest and the musical lore of the Navajo nation."