Hunting Badger (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels) (1999)

Three armed men raid the Ute tribe's gambling casino, and then disappear in the maze of canyons on the Utah-Arizona border. The FBI takes over the investigation, and agents swarm in with helicopters and high-tech equipment. Making an explosive situation even hotter, these experts devise a theory of the crime that makes a wounded deputy sheriff a suspect -- a development that brings in Tribal Police Sergeant Jim Chee and his longtime colleague, retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn to help.Chee finds a fatal flaw in the federal theory and Leaphorn sees an intriguing pattern connecting this crime with the exploits of a legendary Ute hero bandit. Balancing politics, outsiders, and missing armed fugitives, Leaphorn and Chee soon find themselves caugh... full descriptiont in the most perplexing -- and deadly -- crime hunt of their lives.... (less description)

Author: Tony Hillerman

Categories: Mystery, Police Procedurals, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers