Leaphorn-Chee 14 - Hunting Badger - by Tony Hillerman

Author:Tony Hillerman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Police - Southwestern States, Police Procedural, Leaphorn, Mystery & Detective, Navajo Indians, Fiction, Jim (Fictitious Character), Indian Reservation Police, Chee, Mystery Fiction, Joe, General, Lt. (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9780061967825
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1999-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chee rewrapped the sandwich, put it on the bedside table, sighed, limped over and opened the door.

Leaphorn stood there, looking apologetic, and beside him was the Woman Professor. She was smiling at him.

“Oops,” Chee said, stepping out of her line of vision and reaching for his pants. “Sorry. Let me get some clothes on.”

While he was doing that, Leaphorn was apologizing, saying they’d only be a minute. Chee waved them toward the room’s two chairs, and sat on the bed.

“You look exhausted,” the professor said. “The policewoman at your roadblock said you’d probably been searching in one of the canyons all day. But Joe learned something he felt you needed to know.” She gave Chee a wry smile. “I told him you probably already knew it.”

“Better safe than sorry,” Chee said, and looked at Leaphorn, who was sitting uneasily on the edge of his chair.

“Just a couple of things about this George Ironhand,” Leaphorn said. “I guess you knew he was a Vietnam veteran, but we heard today he was a Green Beret. Heard he was a sniper, won a Silver Star. Supposed to have shot fifty-three North Viet soldiers over in Cambodia.”

Leaphorn stopped.

Chee thought about that for a moment.

“Fifty-three,” he said finally. “I appreciate your telling me. I think if the FBI had let us in on that little secret, Officer Nez would have kept his body armor on in the canyon.”

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