02573cam a2200349 4500 770396390 TxAuBib 20230522120000.0 221228s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022039752 9780062908391 HRD 30.00 0062908391 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib Hillerman, Anne, 1949-, author. The way of the bear [BOOK] / Anne Hillerman. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] 280 pages ; 24 cm. Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito ; 26 An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Park raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking distance of his car? A second death brings more turmoil. Who is the unidentified man killed during a home invasion where nothing seems to have been taken? Why was he murdered? The Bears Ears area, at the edge of the Navajo Nation, is celebrated for its abundance of early human habitation sites and the discovery of unique fossils which revolutionized the scientific view of how early animals dealt with their changing world. For Chee and Bernie, the area glows with geological interest and spiritual insight. But their visit to this achingly beautiful place is disrupted by a current of unprecedented violence that sweeps them both into danger. An illicit business, a fossilized jaw bone, hints of witchcraft, and a mysterious disappearance during a blizzard add to the peril. It will take all of Manuelito's and Chee's experience, skill, and intuition to navigate the threats that arise beneath the twin buttes that give Bears Ears its name and to see justice served. 20230522. Chee, Jim (Fictitious character) Fiction. Murder Fiction. Navajo Indians Fiction. Indian reservation police Fiction. Manuelito, Bernadette [Bernie] (Fictitious character) Fiction. Fossils Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito ; 26.