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Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

By (author) Anne Hillerman

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An Instant New York Times Bestseller â€œAnne Hillerman deserves recognition as one of the finest mystery authors currently working in the genre.â€â€”New York Journal of Books In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillermanâ€™s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction. The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the officialâ€™s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsidersâ€™ erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation. Meanwhile, Darleen Manuelito, Bernieâ€™s high spirited younger sister, learns one of her home health clients is goneâ€“and the womanâ€™s daughter doesnâ€™t seem to care. Darleenâ€™s curiosity and sense of duty combine to lead her to discover that the clientâ€™s grandson is also missing and that the two have become ensnared in a wickedly complex scheme exploiting indigenous people. Darleenâ€™s information meshes with a case Chee has begun to solve that deals with the evil underside of human nature.