| Amazon.com Mystery of the highest order， if you'll pardon the pun， occurs when a skeleton is discovered 1，700 feet above the base of a sacred mountain in an Indian reservation that stretches across New Mexico and Arizona. Joe Leaphorn， the detective who comes out of retirement to investigate the case， doesn't believe an Indian would climb the sacred mountain， let alone kill on it. But if someone is ruthless enough to kill， would they not be uncaring enough to do so anywhere? Perhaps， but there's issues of mining rights， land claims and money to muddle the picture in this mystery of the wide-open West. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA. The latest Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn mystery has vivid descriptions of Native American mythology and traditions but lacks the suspense and tightly woven plot of the earlier titles in this popular series. A skeleton is found on a high ledge of Ship Rock mountain， a place sacred to the Navahos. Tribal Police Lieutenant Chee and the now retired Leaphorn suspect correctly that it belongs to a wealthy rancher missing for 11 years， and Chee tries to discover if it is murder or an accidental death. Meanwhile， Leaphorn is hired by a lawyer to look into the investigation for the rancher's Eastern family， who want to own his land legally so they can accept a lucrative bid for the mining rights. The obvious suspects， if there was foul play， are the young woman who inherited the ranch and her brother who manages it. In addition to uncovering the cause of death， Chee must determine if the rancher died before or after his 30th birthday when he legally inherited the ranch from a family trust. The continuing rocky romance between Chee and tribal lawyer Janet Pete brings an interesting love angle to the story. Environmentalism and the survival of Native American culture are strong themes.?Penny Stevens， formerly at Fairfax County Public Library， VACopyright 1997 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews |
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