Desert Wind: A Lena Jones Mystery (Lena Jones Series)
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 When P.I. Lena Jonesâs Pima Indian partner Jimmy Sisiwan is arrested in the remote northern Arizona town of Walapai Flats, Lena closes the Desert Investigations office and rushes to his aid. What she finds is a town up in arms over a new uranium mine located only ten miles from the magnificent Grand Canyon. Jimmyâs sister-in-law, founder of Victims of Uranium Mining, has been murdered, but the opposing side is taken hits, too. Ike Donohue, the mineâs public relations flak, is found shot to death, casting suspicion on Jimmy and his entire family. During Lenaâs investigation, she finds not only a community decimated by dangerous mining practices, but a connection to actor John Wayne and the mysterious deaths resulting from the 1953 filming of âThe Conqueror.â Gabe Boone, a wrangler on that doomed film, is still alive, but the only person the aged man will confide in is John Wayneâs ghost. Itâs up to Lena to penetrate Gabeâs defenses and find out the decades-old tragedy no one in Walapai Flats wants to talk about. By delving into the areaâs history, Lena learns that old sins never die; theyâre still taking lives. As with âDesert Wives: Polygamy Can Be Murder,â this seventh book in the Lena Jones series exposes real life crimes, and the reason why high-ranking government officials want those crimes to remain under wraps. Â