Other editions of book The Dark Wind

A corpse in the desert-its face unidentifiable, its hands and feet flayed ... A mysterious plane crash and a missing cache of cocaine ... Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police had no business meddling in these matters. His assignment is simple: discover who is sabotaging a windmill on land recently ceded over to the Hopis. But his extraordinary tracking skills and genius for sleuthing will lead him deep into the remote washes and isolated mesas where the Hopis hold their most secret ceremonies, trapping him in a deadly web of intrigue driven by Navajo sorcery and white man's greed. Gil Silverbird is an American Navajo Indian who sings ill several languages and performs extensively in the theater and on television. He can be heard on Tony Hillerman's The Ghostway. ( Harper Audio CPN 2301)

"I am the Talking God. The Talking God. I am going after him. Below the east, I am going after him. To that place in Wepo Wash, I am going after him. Sgt. Jim Chee's worries began simply, with two stray boots that emerged, as if planted amid the rabbit brush that crowded the trail. The feet of the man who owned them weren't far behind, and they had been horribly flayed in what appeared to be a witch's scavenging. And from that moment, a number of apparently unrelated events left a path of confusion. It wasn't any of Chee's business the Feds told him. But Chee was a Navajo and life for a Navajo is a trail of crossing footprints that must be traced to their inevitable conclusions. Were the connections there this time, or was Chee being duped in a magician's elaborate sleight of hand? "This is Tony Hillerman's best book in an already strong series. A professor of journalism by trade, Hillerman knows the Navajo, Hopi and Apache cultures intimately and has developed his own niche in mystery and detective fiction, much as James McClure has done with his novels based on apartheid in South Africa, by turning the mystery and solution upon the intricate social and religious life of the Indians of the American Southwest. These books could exist nowhere else, they are authentic and the resolutions grow out of the character of an entire people...one need never have been to the Hopi mesa-top villages, to be there with Hillerman."---New Republic." "Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, 8 Hours, Narrated By George Guidall, Author Tony Hillerman, Copyright 1982 Anthony G. Hillerman, P 1991 By Recorded Books, Inc., By arrangement with Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., Illustration by David Shannon Copyright 1991." "Also by Tony Hillerman: Narrated by George Guidall...."Listening Woman 90073 (5 cassettes/6.5 hr)" "Skinwalkers 90074 (5 cassettes/7 hr)" "People of Darkness 90087 (5 cassettes/7 hr)" "The Ghostway 90098 (5 cassettes/7.25 hr)" "The Blessing Way 90080 (5 cassettes/6.5 hr)" [from case]

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 case -- a 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 ver...

A BLAST OF CRIME...A dead man's boots left on a dusty trail. Abloody corpse with the palms and solessliced off. A crazed vandal. A plane flying to sudden illogical death. In the troubledborderlands, order has become chaos.But Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Policeknows instinctively what these things mean. And when the Federal agents arrive, he is already on the way to finding a stolen cache of cocaine... But the Dark Wind has come to the vast lands of the deep southwest, and it is blowing Chee towards a violent confrontation with ancient witchcraft, modern greed... and brutal murder.'Fast, fun and exciting' SPECTATORAlso by Tony Hillerman in Sphere:PEOPLE OF DARKNESSTHE GHOSTWAY

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 case—a 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.

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 case -- a 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. Performed by Gil Silverbird Enhanced CD: CD features an interactive program which can be viewed on your computer, including: a photo galary, an author Q&A and a 35 years of excellence timeline.

Number 5 of the Navajo Mysteries. 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 case--a 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'...