Dark Winds

Navajo Tribal Policeman Joe Leaphorn must solve a series of crimes and partners with new deputy Jim Chee, who is back on the reservation for the first time since he was a child.

Leaphorn and Chee interview the surviving witness of the Big Rock Motel murders; Chee meets with the coroner but the cause of death still remains a mystery, but Sgt. Manuelito makes a chilling discovery of her own.

Leaphorn's niece celebrates her Kinaaldá while he retrieves the bodies of the murder victims; Manuelito and Chee investigate the whereabouts of the missing Mormon family.

Leaphorn suspects all of the crimes on the reservation are related; there is a big break in the case; Leaphorn invites Chee over for dinner; Manuelito makes a discovery of her own.

With a major suspect in custody, Leaphorn discovers that there is more to this crime than he would have ever imagined; Manuelito faces her worst fears; Chee must make a choice between his career and his people.

Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito head to the hiding place of the Buffalo Society, only to be confronted with hard decisions that could impact the rest of their lives.