Coyote Waits Author:Tony Hillerman Setting out to find his good friend and fellow Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez, Officer Jim Chee is shocked to discover Nez's car in flames and Nez unconsious inside. Badly burning himself to save his fried, Chee is even more horrified to discover that Nez has already been fatally shot. He doesn't have to go far to make an arrest: Ashie Pinto, a... more » poor elderly Navajo shaman staggers down the road near the scene of the crime with the murder weapon in one hand and a bottle in the other.« less
Navajo tribal officer, Jim Chee, is faced with the murder of the other officer, Delbert Nezs. The arrest of Shaman, Ashie Pinto, soon follows. But is he guilty?