03393cam a2200481 i 4500 1498978289 TxAuBib 20240809120000.0 240125s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063360433 0063360438 (OCoLC)1428822982 TxAuBib rda Hillerman, Anne, 1949-, author. Lost birds : a Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novel / Anne Hillerman. First Harper Large Print edition. New York : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] ©2024. 469 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novel, A ; 27 Series numbering provided by GoodReads.com. Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable, and her adoptive family not what they seem. His quest for answers takes him to an old trading post and leads him to a deadly cache of long-buried family secrets. As that case grows more complicated, Leaphorn receives an unexpected call from a person he met decades earlier. Cecil Bowleg's desperation is clear in his voice, but just as he begins to explain, the call is cut off by an explosion and Cecil disappears. True to his nature, Leaphorn is determined to find the truth even as the situation grows dangerous. Investigation of the explosion falls in part to Officer Bernadette Manuelito, who discovers an unexpected link to Cecil's missing wife. Bernie also is involved in a troubling investigation of her own: an elderly weaver whose prize-winning sheep have been ruthlessly killed by feral dogs. Exploring the emotionally complex issues of adoption of Indigenous children by non-native parents, Anne Hillerman delivers another thought-provoking, gripping mystery that brings to life the vivid terrain of the American Southwest, its people, and the lore and traditions that make it distinct. 20240809. Leaphorn, Joe, Lieutenant (Fictitious character) Fiction. Manuelito, Bernie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Chee, Jim (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police New Mexico Fiction. Indian children Legal status, laws, etc United States Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Navajo Indians Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Indians of North America Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Indian reservation police Fiction. Large type books. New Mexico Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novel ; 27. TXKIP