Hunting Badger

Tony Hillerman


Hunting Badger is played out against the unhappy memories of an actual 1998 manhunt that produced canyon country legends of FBI bungling, but no arrests. The Federal Bureau of Ineptitude takes charge of this fictional hunt for three cop killers with their swarm of agents and high-tech equipment. Leaphorn sees a pattern that intrigues him in the Indian legend of a Ute hero, while Chee finds a fatal flaw in the "official" theory of the crime.


This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books