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21) The wailing wind
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Officer Bernadette Manuelito finds the dead man slumped over in the cab of a pickup, with a rich ex-con's phone number in his pocket...and a tobacco tin filled with placer gold. She figures he{u2019}s just another drunk--an assumption that gets her in trouble for mishandling a crime scene and brings down the wrath of the FBI on her supervisor, Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. For Chee{u2019}s mentor, former Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn,...
Author
Series
Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 2
Navajo mysteries volume 02
Leaphorn and Chee volume 02
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Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 2
Navajo mysteries volume 02
Leaphorn and Chee volume 02
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
When two young boys disappear, one of them leaving a pool of blood behind, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police finds himself not only tracking a ruthless and brutal killer but caught up in the intricate mysteries of the Zuni religion as well. For the dead boy was to have played a key role in an important ritual of the Zuni people. An added complication in the investigation and search is the missing boys' interest in an archeological...
23) The sinister pig
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The investigations of Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Jim Chee and his love interest border patrol officer Bernadette Manuelito converge when the murder of an ex-CIA agent on reservation property turns out to be tied to an exotic game ranch near the Mexican border, and the embezzlement of tribal funds.
24) Skinwalkers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"Three shotgun blasts rip through the side of Officer Jim Chee's trailer as the Navajo tribal policeman sleeps. He survives, but the inexplicable attack has raised disturbing questions about a lawman once beyond reproach. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn wonders why Chee was a target and what connection the assault has to a series of gruesome murders plaguing the reservation. But the investigation is leading Leaphorn and Chee into a nightmare of ritual, witchcraft,...
25) Listening woman
Author
Series
Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries volume 3
Navajo mysteries volume 03
Leaphorn and Chee volume 03
G.K. Hall large print book
Navajo mysteries volume 03
Leaphorn and Chee volume 03
G.K. Hall large print book
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"The state police and FBI are baffled when an old man and a teenage girl are brutally murdered. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and of witches. But Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police knows his people as well as he knows cold-blooded killers. His incredible investigation carries him from a dead man's secret to a kidnap scheme, to a conspiracy that stretches back more than one hundred years. Leaphorn arrives at the threshold...
26) The tale teller
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 5
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 05
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito novel volume 05
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
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Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 05
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito novel volume 05
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
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English
Description
Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact -- a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history. Joe's been hired to find a missing biil, a traditional dress that had been donated to the Navajo Nation. His investigation takes a sinister turn when the leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances and Leaphorn himself receives anonymous warnings to beware --...
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Language
English
Description
Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...
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