Shadow of the Solstice: A Novel
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller
"Anne Hillerman deserves recognition as one of the finest mystery authors currently working in the genre."—New York Journal of Books
In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman's Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official's arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsiders' erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation.
Meanwhile, Darleen Manuelito, Bernie's high spirited younger sister, learns one of her home health clients is gone–and the woman's daughter doesn't seem to care. Darleen's curiosity and sense of duty combine to lead her to discover that the client's grandson is also missing and that the two have become ensnared in a wickedly complex scheme exploiting indigenous people. Darleen's information meshes with a case Chee has begun to solve that deals with the evil underside of human nature.
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Anne Hillerman. (2025). Shadow of the Solstice: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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"Anne Hillerman deserves recognition as one of the finest mystery authors currently working in the genre."—New York Journal of Books
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The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official's arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsiders' erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation.
Meanwhile, Darleen Manuelito, Bernie's high spirited younger sister, learns one of her home health clients is gone–and the woman's daughter doesn't seem to care. Darleen's curiosity and sense of duty combine to lead her to discover that the client's grandson is also missing and that the two have become ensnared in a wickedly complex scheme exploiting indigenous people. Darleen's information meshes with a case Chee has begun to solve that deals with the evil underside of human nature.
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March 15, 2025
The latest afflictions for the Navajo Nation involve a pair of long cons, one big and one bigger, both based on real-life scandals. Melia Raymond is so eager to support her 17-year-old grandson, Droid, n� Andrew Morgan, as he enters rehab for his addiction to alcohol and drugs that she tags along with him on the intake bus, allowing herself to be checked in for her own nonexistent addiction. Her decision is a serious mistake, since, under the stewardship of Beatrice Dottson, Best Way Health and Wellness is nothing but a scam designed to rake in government dollars for treatments it has no intention of providing. In fact, many of the guards who make sure the clients surrender their cell phones and stay put till Best Way is ready to turn them loose actively push more liquor on them. Their time-tested strategy doesn't work for Droid, who promptly vanishes, leaving Mrs. Raymond to pair up with his widowed father, Greg Morgan, to search far and wide for him. Meanwhile, Officer Bernadette Manuelito of the Navajo Police faces a grave complication before the promised high-profile visit of U.S. Secretary of Energy Savanah Cooper: Members of Citizens United To Save the Planet, a ferocious activist group, have settled in at the elderly Yazzies' property, building an illegal sweat lodge and planning what's clearly going to be a criminal protest against the scourge of uranium extraction from Native lands. Since the two stories never intersect, their sum total is less a novel than a pair of novellas shuffled together in alternating chapters. Another installment in this venerable series springing from the woes predators have visited on the Navajo Nation.COPYRIGHT(2025) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Navajo police officers Bernie Manuelito and her husband, Jim Chee, face multiple personal and professional challenges in Hillerman's latest (after Lost Birds, 2024). The couple are managing 24-hour care for Bernie's aging mother, a dead body found at the local radioactive-waste-disposal site, a pending visit from the U.S. Secretary of Energy, the disappearance of a local grandmother and her teenage grandson, a group of fervid environmentalists with dangerous plans, plus Chee having to carry a double workload after his boss suffers a serious heart attack. Luckily, Bernie and Chee have a strong network of friends and family to pitch in. The dead body may be linked to other factors, and Bernie and Chee put themselves in physical danger to nab the bad guys and prevent a high-stakes disaster. Meanwhile, Bernie's sister is on the case of the missing grandmother and grandson, exposing a nasty scam aimed an unwitting Navajos. As for Bernie's mother, there's no easy solution, but with family and friends to help, the burden is decidedly lighter. Hillerman offers a five-star must-read with twists aplenty, a heartwarming human-interest angle, revelatory background on Navajo language, traditions, and history, descriptions of the Southwest's physical beauty, and a satisfying conclusion.COPYRIGHT(2025) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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"Anne Hillerman deserves recognition as one of the finest mystery authors currently working in the genre."—New York Journal of Books
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