Skinwalkers plot
Leaphorn, a seasoned Phoenix police officer, has just started working for the Navajo Tribal Police. Immediately on the first day he has to get to work: a murder. Next to the corpse is an old Navajo sign, written in the dead man's blood. The victim is a Navajo medic. Brigadier Chee, himself a medicine man in training, recognizes the symbol. It is used in Navajo magic. Other signs point to the killer masquerading as a Skinwalker, an evil shape-shifting creature. Leaphorn is skeptical until a second body is found. Also a medicine man...