Tony Hillerman writes rich, moving mysteries where the hero is a Navajo policeman. In this one, Jim Chee tries to solve a murder, hampered by the fact that the FBI considers it to be in their jurisdiction. In the process, he has to track down a missing schoolgirl and a lost horse. He wrestles with questions in his own life, his beliefs, and his ambitions, and he meets Mary Landon.

This was released by giving it to a friend in Kalama.