Rock with Wings (Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito Series #2)

by Anne Hillerman

Overview

Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, along with their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases in this exciting mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Spider Woman's Daughter.

Doing a good deed for a relative offers the perfect opportunity for Sergeant Jim Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, to get away from the daily grind of police work. But two cases—one near Shiprock, the other at iconic Monument Valley—will call them back from their short vacation and separate them.

Chee follows a series of seemingly random and cryptic clues that lead to a missing woman, a cold-blooded thug, and a mysterious mound of dirt and rocks that could be a gravesite. Bernie has her hands full managing the fallout from a drug bust gone wrong, uncovering the origins of a fire in the middle of nowhere, and looking into an ambitious solar energy development with long-term consequences for Navajo land.

Under the guidance of retired lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, Bernie and Chee will navigate unexpected obstacles and confront the greatest challenge yet to their skills, commitment, and courage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062270535
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/05/2015
Series:	Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito Series , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	2,580
File size:	653 KB

About the Author

Anne Hillerman is an award-winning reporter, the author of several nonfiction books and the New York Times bestselling novel Spider Woman's Daughter, and the daughter of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Editorial Reviews

In her second Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee novel, Anne Hillerman continues the fine sleuthing work done by her late dad Toby. In Rock with Wings, Sergeant Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, grapple with two cases marked by mounds (sometimes literal) of conflicting clues. Colorful characters; palpable regional atmosphere; and compelling mysteries. Editor's recommendation.

03/02/2015
In her worthy sequel to 2013’s Spider Woman’s Daughter, Hillerman continues the exploits of the beloved Navajo cops of MWA Grand Master Tony Hillerman (1925–2008). Officer Bernadette Manuelito, Sgt. Jim Chee’s wife, makes a routine traffic stop of a speeding car on a New Mexico road that morphs into a mystery when the nervous driver tries to bribe her—but the only suspicious cargo he has are two boxes of dirt. Meanwhile, Chee takes a security assignment in Monument Valley, where a movie is being filmed, and finds not only a missing person but a newly dug grave. Although Lt. Joe Leaphorn is still greatly handicapped by the injury he suffered in the previous book, his mind is sharp and his insights help both Chee and Manuelito solve some problems. Hillerman uses the southwestern setting as effectively as her late father did while skillfully combining Native American lore with present-day social issues. Agent: Elizabeth Trupin-Pulli, JET Literary Associates. (May)

Publishers Weekly

12/01/2014
With the 2013 publication of Spider Woman's Daughter, award-winning journalist Hillerman took over the series starring famed tribal officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee begun by her father, the late Tony Hillerman. Good move: the book was a New York Times best seller. Here, Sgt. Jim Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, find their well-earned vacation disrupted by two cases that take them in different directions. With a 200,000-copy first printing.

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